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Murex (Murex) troscheli

Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Muricidae

Taxonomy
Murex troscheli was named by Liscke (1868) [DISTRIBUTION: Oligocene-Recent; Indo-Pacific.]. It is extant.

It was recombined as Murex (Acupurpura) troscheli by Vredenburg (1925); it was recombined as Murex (Murex) troscheli by Shuto (1969) and Robba et al. (1989).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1868Murex troscheli Liscke
1925Murex (Acupurpura) troscheli Vredenburg p. 219
1950Murex troscheli Van Regteren Altena p. 209
1969Murex (Murex) troscheli Shuto p. 102
1989Murex (Murex) troscheli Robba et al. p. 78

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classGastropoda
subclassCaenogastropoda(Cox 1959)
—Sorbeoconcha(Ponder and Lindberg 1997)
RankNameAuthor
—Hypsogastropoda(Ponder and Lindberg 1997)
superorderLatrogastropodaRiedel 2000
orderNeogastropodaThiele 1929
superfamilyMuricoideade Costa 1776
familyMuricidaeRafinesque 1815
subfamilyMuricinaeda Costa 1776
genusMurexLinnaeus 1758
subgenusMurexLinnaeus 1758
speciestroscheli(Liscke 1868)

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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