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Xanthochorus

Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Muricidae

Taxonomy

Xanthochorus is a genus. It is extant. Its type is Purpura cassidiformis.

It was assigned to Neogastropoda by Sepkoski (2002); and to Trophoninae by DeVries (2005).

Species

X. aculeata, X. buxeus, X. cassidiformis, X. eripepomis, X. ochuroma, X. stephanicus, X. xuster

Synonymy list

Year	Name and author
2002	Xanthochorus Sepkoski
2005	Xanthochorus DeVries p. 260

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Rank	Name	Author
kingdom	Animalia	()
—	Bilateria
—	Eubilateria	Ax 1987
—	Protostomia
—	Spiralia
superphylum	Lophotrochozoa
phylum	Mollusca
class	Gastropoda
subclass	Caenogastropoda	(Cox 1959)

Rank	Name	Author
—	Sorbeoconcha	(Ponder and Lindberg 1997)
—	Hypsogastropoda	(Ponder and Lindberg 1997)
superorder	Latrogastropoda	Riedel 2000
order	Neogastropoda	Thiele 1929
superfamily	Muricoidea	de Costa 1776
family	Muricidae	Rafinesque 1815
subfamily	Trophoninae	Cossmann 1903
genus	Xanthochorus

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.

G. Xanthochorus

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†Xanthochorus aculeata Tate 1888

Xanthochorus buxeus Broderip 1833

Xanthochorus cassidiformis Blainville 1832

†Xanthochorus eripepomis DeVries 2005

†Xanthochorus ochuroma DeVries 2005

†Xanthochorus stephanicus DeVries 2005

†Xanthochorus xuster DeVries 2005

Diagnosis

No diagnoses are available

Measurements

No measurements are available

Composition:

aragonitec

Locomotion:

actively mobilef

Life habit:

epifaunalf

Diet:

carnivoref

Vision:

limitedc

Created:

2009-09-10 08:22:24

Modified:

2009-09-10 10:22:24

Source: f = family, c = class

References: Kiessling 2004, Hendy et al. 2009

Age range

Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Tortonian to the top of the Holocene or 11.62000 to 0.00000 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 11.608 Ma

Collections (35 total)

Time interval	Ma	Country or state	Original ID and collection number
Middle Miocene	15.97 - 11.608	Australia (Victoria)	Rapana aculeata (72210)
Tortonian	11.62 - 7.246	Peru	X. ochuroma (89182)
Late/Upper Miocene	11.608 - 5.333	Peru	X. stephanicus (80419)
Late/Upper Miocene - Pliocene	11.608 - 2.588	Chile (Coquimbo)	X. sp. (221847)
Messinian	7.246 - 5.333	Peru	X. ochuroma (80415)
Early/Lower Pliocene	5.333 - 3.6	Peru	X. eripepomis (80522) X. eripepomus, X. ochuroma (89184) X. ochuroma (80521 89174 89176 89178 89183)
Pliocene	5.333 - 2.588	Chile (Antofagasta)	X. cassidiformis (96707)
Late/Upper Pliocene	3.6 - 2.588	Peru	X. buxeus (80530) X. cassidiformis (80406) X. sp., X. buxeus (80409) X. xuster (80541 89175 89179 89180 89181)
Piacenzian	3.6 - 2.588	Peru	X. xuster (219106)
Piacenzian	3.6 - 2.588	Chile	X. cassidiformis (142300)
Pleistocene	2.588 - 0.0117	Chile (Copiapó)	X. cassidiformis (222838 222840 222876 222878 222879)
Quaternary	2.58 - 0.0	Chile (Copiapó)	X. cassidiformis (223451)
Calabrian	1.8 - 0.774	Peru (Ica)	X. xuster (219059 219104) X. xuster, X. buxeus (219105)
Middle Pleistocene	0.774 - 0.129	Peru	X. buxeus (80427)
Late/Upper Pleistocene	0.129 - 0.0117	Peru	X. buxea (76643)
Holocene	0.0117 - 0.0	Peru	X. buxeus (97644)