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Eupleura kugleri

Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Muricidae

Taxonomy
Eupleura kugleri was named by Jung (1965) [DISTRIBUTION: Early Miocene; Venezuela.]. Its type specimen is NMB H 13715, a shell, and it is not a trace fossil.

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1965Eupleura kugleri Jung pp. 524-525 figs. pl. 70, figs. 3-6
2005Eupleura kugleri Herbert p. 301

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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
subfamilyOcenebrinaeCossmann 1903
genusEupleuraAdams and Adams 1853
specieskugleriJung 1965

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.

Eupleura kugleri Jung 1965
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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: Hendy et al. 2009, Kiessling 2004

Age range: base of the Burdigalian to the top of the Langhian or 20.44000 to 13.82000 Ma

Collections (24 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Burdigalian20.44 - 15.97Colombia (La Guajira) Eupleura kugleri (136882 136883 136886 156700 157336 158101 161093 161094 161622 161891)
Burdigalian20.44 - 15.97Venezuela (Falcon) Eupleura kugleri (60144 60703)
Langhian15.97 - 13.82Colombia (La Guajira) Eupleura kugleri (136879 136884 136885 157830 157848 157858 160965 160966 160967 160968 160969 160970)