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Typhis (Rugotyphis) harrisi

Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Muricidae

Taxonomy
Typhis harrisi was named by Olsson (1914) [TYPE LOCALITY: Alum Bluff, Florida (Miocene). TYPE REPOSITORY: PRI, New York.]. It is not a trace fossil. Its type locality is TU 73 - "Dripping Springs" [Jackson Bluff Fm], which is in a Pliocene coastal sandstone in the Jackson Bluff Formation of Florida.

It was recombined as Typhis (Typhina) harrisi by Keen (1944); it was recombined as Typhis (Rugotyphis) harrisi by Gertman (1969).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
T. hebetatus, T. japonicus

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1914Typhis harrisi Olsson p. 8 figs. pl. 2, figs. 7, 9
1944Typhis (Typhina) harrisi Keen p. 55
1969Typhis (Rugotyphis) harrisi Gertman p. 151

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classGastropoda
subclassCaenogastropoda(Cox 1959)
RankNameAuthor
—Sorbeoconcha(Ponder and Lindberg 1997)
—Hypsogastropoda(Ponder and Lindberg 1997)
superorderLatrogastropodaRiedel 2000
orderNeogastropodaThiele 1929
superfamilyMuricoideade Costa 1776
familyMuricidaeRafinesque 1815
genusTyphisMontfort 1810
subgenusRugotyphisVella 1961
speciesharrisi()

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

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Diagnosis
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