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Murexiella macgintyi

Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Muricidae

Taxonomy
Murex macgintyi was named by Smith (1938). Its type locality is TU 520 - Brighton (unnamed formation), which is in a Pleistocene coastal horizon in Florida.

It was recombined as Murexiella (Murexiella) macgintyi by Vokes (1968); it was recombined as Murexiella macgintyi by Ward and Blackwelder (1987).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
M. ornata, M. petuchi, M. puntagordana, M. vaughani

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1938Murex macgintyi Smith p. 88 figs. Plate 6, Fig. 11
1968Murexiella (Murexiella) macgintyi Vokes p. 113
1987Murexiella macgintyi Ward and Blackwelder p. 173 figs. Plate 39, Figs. 3-4

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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
genusMurexiellaClench and Farfante 1945
speciesmacgintyi(Smith 1938)

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.

†Murexiella macgintyi Smith 1938
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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 Messinian to the top of the Middle Pleistocene or 7.24600 to 0.12900 Ma

Collections (22 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Messinian7.246 - 5.333Dominican Republic Murexiella macgintyi (93996)
Early/Lower Pliocene5.333 - 3.6Venezuela Murexiella macgintyi (41831)
Pliocene - Pleistocene5.333 - 0.0117USA (Florida) Murex macgintyi (41749)
Late/Upper Pliocene3.6 - 2.58Mexico (Veracruz) Murexiella macgintyi (92449)
Late/Upper Pliocene - Early/Lower Pleistocene3.6 - 0.774USA (Florida) Murexiella macgintyi (92693)
Early/Lower Pleistocene2.58 - 0.774USA (Florida) Murex macgintyi (79331) Murexiella macgintyi (35025 92334 92335 92336 92337 92338 92339 92340 92341 92342 92692)
Early/Lower Pleistocene2.58 - 0.774USA (South Carolina) Murexiella macgintyi (92367)
Pleistocene2.58 - 0.0117USA (Florida) Murexiella macgintyi (92331 92332 92496)
Middle Pleistocene0.774 - 0.129USA (Florida) Murexiella macgintyi (61310)