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Terebralia sulcata

Gastropoda - Potamididae

Taxonomy
Murex sulcatus was named by Born (1778). It is extant.

It was recombined as Potamides (Pyrazus) sulcatus by Martin (1884) and Koperberg (1931); it was recombined as Potamides (Terebralia) sulcatus by Martin (1899) and Tesch (1915); it was recombined as Terebralia (Terebralia) sulcata by Wissema (1947); it was recombined as Terebralia sulcata by Oostingh (1935), van Benthem Jutting (1956), Robba et al. (1989) and Landau and Marques da Silva (2010).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
T. bouryi, T. itogawai, T. itoigawai, T. kakiensis, T. orangensis

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1778Murex sulcatus Born p. 234
1884Potamides (Pyrazus) sulcatus Martin p. 146
1899Potamides (Terebralia) sulcatus Martin p. 211
1915Potamides (Terebralia) sulcatus Tesch p. 56
1931Potamides (Pyrazus) sulcatus Koperberg p. 131
1935Terebralia sulcata Oostingh p. 51
1947Terebralia (Terebralia) sulcata Wissema p. 48
1956Terebralia sulcata van Benthem Jutting p. 442
1989Terebralia sulcata Robba et al. p. 75
2010Terebralia sulcata Landau and Marques da Silva p. 18

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
RankNameAuthor
classGastropoda
subclassCaenogastropoda(Cox 1959)
superfamilyCerithioidea(Férussac 1819)
familyPotamididae(Adams and Adams 1854)
genusTerebraliaSwainson 1840
speciessulcata(Born 1778)

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
No diagnoses are available