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Tritonopsis gilletti

Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Muricidae

Taxonomy
Rapana gilletti was named by Richards (1943). It is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Silverdale Marl Quarry, which is in an Oligocene coastal sandstone in the Belgrade Formation of North Carolina.

It was recombined as Tritonopsis gilletti by Ward (1992).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1943Rapana gilletti Richards p. 524 figs. Plate 85, Fig. 5
1992Tritonopsis gilletti Ward p. 120

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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
subfamilyRapaninaeGray 1853
genusTritonopsis
speciesgilletti()

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.

†Tritonopsis gilletti Richards 1943
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available