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Siratus adelosus

Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Muricidae

Taxonomy
Murex (Haustellum) adelosus was named by Vokes (1989) [DISTRIBUTION: Late Miocene-Early Pliocene; Dominican Republic]. Its type specimen is NMB H 17000, a shell, and it is not a trace fossil. Its type locality is NMB Loc. 16818 - Río Cano [Gurabo Fm], which is in a Zanclean reef, buildup or bioherm limestone in the Gurabo Formation of the Dominican Republic.

It was recombined as Siratus adelosus by Landau and Marques da Silva (2010).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1989Murex (Haustellum) adelosus Vokes p. 30 figs. pl. 1, figs. 6, 7
2010Siratus adelosus Landau and Marques da Silva p. 64

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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
subfamilyMuricinaeda Costa 1776
genusSiratusMonfort 1810
speciesadelosus()

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.

Siratus adelosus Vokes 1989
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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 Tortonian to the top of the Zanclean or 11.62000 to 3.60000 Ma

Collections (5 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Tortonian11.62 - 7.246Dominican Republic Haustellum adelosus (111205)
Messinian7.246 - 5.333Dominican Republic Murex adelosus (93710 94099)
Zanclean5.333 - 3.6Dominican Republic Murex adelosus (74968 93733)