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Murex (Murex) gilli

Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Muricidae

Taxonomy
Fusus gilli was named by Maury (1910). Its type specimen is USNM 639075, a shell, and it is a 3D body fossil.

It was recombined as Murex (Murex) gilli by Vokes (1963).

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1910Fusus gilli Maury p. 137 figs. pl. 22, fig. 3
1947Murex (Murex) dasus Gardner p. 518 figs. pl. 53, fig. 4
1963Murex (Murex) gilli Vokes p. 100

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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
speciesgilli(Maury 1910)

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.

Murex (Murex) gilli Maury 1910
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Invalid names: Murex (Murex) dasus Gardner 1947 [synonym]
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: base of the Burdigalian to the top of the Pliocene or 20.44000 to 2.58800 Ma

Collections (12 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Burdigalian20.44 - 15.97USA (Florida) Murex dasus (41760 42290 42328 42366) Murex gilli (89575 92458 92501 92502 92503 92504 92506)
Pliocene5.333 - 2.588Haiti Fusus gilli (66810)