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Terebra (Myurella) myuros

Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Terebridae

Taxonomy
Terebra myuros was named by Lamarck (1822) [DISTRIBUTION: Early Miocene-Recent; Indian Ocean.]. It is extant.

It was recombined as Terebra (Myurella) myuros by Hinds (1844) and Vredenburg (1921).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1822Terebra myuros Lamarck p. 289
1844Terebra (Myurella) myuros Hinds p. 171
1921Terebra (Myurella) myuros Vredenburg p. 352

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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
superfamilyConoidea(Rafinesque 1815)
familyTerebridaeMörch 1852
subfamilyTerebrinaeMörch 1852
genusTerebraBruguière 1789
subgenusMyurella
speciesmyuros(Lamarck 1822)

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.

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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: aragonitec
Adult width: 10 to < 100g
Adult height: 10 to < 100g
Thickness: intermediateg
Folds: noneg
Ribbing: noneg
Spines: noneg
Internal reinforcement: noneg
Locomotion: actively mobilef
Life habit: epifaunalf
Diet: carnivoref
Vision: limitedc
Created: 2009-03-16 08:57:07
Modified: 2009-03-16 13:34:28
Source: g = genus, f = family, c = class
References: Abbott and Dance 1986, Hendy et al. 2009, Kiessling 2004

Age range: base of the Late/Upper Miocene to the top of the Middle Pleistocene or 11.60800 to 0.12900 Ma

Collections (4 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Miocene11.608 - 5.333Indonesia Terebra myuros (70077 70100)
Pliocene5.333 - 2.588Indonesia Terebra myuros (70105)
Middle Pleistocene0.774 - 0.129Vanuatu Terebra myuros (78043)