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Pterynotus (Pterynotus)

Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Muricidae

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1833Pterynotus (Pterynotus) Swainson
1970Pterynotus (Pterynotus) Vokes p. 8
1995Pterynotus (Pterynotus) Squires and Goedert p. 265
2001Pterynotus (Pterynotus) Squires p. 9
2001Pterynotus (Pterynotus) Todd

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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
genusPterynotusSwainson 1833
subgenusPterynotusSwainson 1833

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.

Subg. Pterynotus (Pterynotus) Swainson 1833
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Invalid names: Murex (Pterynotus) pygmaeus Bush 1893 [synonym]
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Invalid names: Murex (Pteronotus) tristichus Dall 1889 [replaced]
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Invalid names: Murex veatchi Palmer 1937 [replaced]
†Pterynotus (Pterynotus) washingtonicus Squires and Goedert 1995
†Pterynotus (Pterynotus) weisbordi Harris and Palmer 1947
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: Hendy et al. 2009, Kiessling 2004

Age range

Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Selandian to the top of the Early/Lower Pleistocene or 61.60000 to 0.78100 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 59.2 Ma

Collections (43 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Selandian61.6 - 59.2USA (Alabama) Pterynotus matthewsensis (90606 92602 98418)
Ypresian56.0 - 47.8USA (Texas) Pterynotus stenzeli (7789 83950 178054)
Ypresian - Lutetian56.0 - 41.3USA (California) Pterynotus washingtonicus (8011)
Lutetian47.8 - 41.3USA (Texas) Pterynotus sabinola (205503) Pterynotus stenzeli (92608 205520)
Lutetian47.8 - 41.3France Murex tricarinatus (184107)
Bartonian41.3 - 38.0United Kingdom (England) Murex tricarinatus (42636 42639 42641 42644)
Bartonian41.3 - 38.0USA (Texas) Pterynotus sabinola (91119 205410 205480 205484 205485)
Bartonian41.3 - 38.0France (Oise) Murex micropterus (3494)
Bartonian41.3 - 38.0USA (Louisiana) Pterynotus sabinola (92381) Pterynotus weisbordi (90449 92303 92577 98855)
Bartonian41.3 - 38.0USA (Washington) Pterynotus washingtonicus (161924)
Bartonian41.3 - 38.0USA (Mississippi) Murex weisbordi (232682)
Late/Upper Eocene37.2 - 33.9United Kingdom (England) Murex tricarinatus (39695 42640 42658)
Early/Lower Oligocene33.9 - 28.4USA (Florida) Pterynotus propeposti (35013 80184)
Early/Lower Oligocene33.9 - 28.4USA (Georgia) Murex rufirupicolus (60838)
Rupelian33.9 - 28.1USA (Mississippi) Pterynotus burnsii (5501)
Burdigalian20.44 - 15.97USA (Florida) Pterynotus hoerlei (89576 92460) Pterynotus pinnatus (92379)
Badenian13.65 - 12.7Poland (Holy Cross Mountains) Pterynotus perlongus, Pterynotus tortuosus (38823)
Pliocene - Pleistocene5.333 - 0.0117Malaysia Pterynotus pinnatus (72096 72102)
Late/Upper Pliocene3.6 - 2.588Costa Rica Pterynotus phyllopterus (96519)
Early/Lower Pleistocene2.588 - 0.781USA (Florida) Pterynotus phyllopterus (35025)