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Xanthochorus aculeata

Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Muricidae

Taxonomy
Rapana aculeata was named by Tate (1888) [DISTRIBUTION: Cenozoic; Southern Australia]. It is not a trace fossil.

It was recombined as Xanthochorus aculeata by Darragh (1970).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1888Rapana aculeata Tate p. 113 figs. pl. 2, fig. 8
1970Xanthochorus aculeata Darragh 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
subfamilyTrophoninaeCossmann 1903
genusXanthochorus
speciesaculeata()

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.

†Xanthochorus aculeata Tate 1888
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available