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Paziella eyrei

Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Muricidae

Taxonomy
Murex eyrei was named by Tenison Woods (1877) [DISTRIBUTION: Miocene; Southern Australia.]. It is not a trace fossil.

It was recombined as Paziella eyrei by Darragh (1970).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1877Murex eyrei Tenison Woods p. 93
1970Paziella eyrei Darragh p. 169

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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
genusPaziellaJousseaume 1880
specieseyrei(Tenison Woods 1877)

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.

Paziella eyrei Tenison Woods 1877
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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 Early/Lower Miocene to the top of the Middle Miocene or 23.04000 to 11.63000 Ma

Collections (2 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Early/Lower Miocene23.04 - 15.98Australia (Tasmania) Murex eyrei (72221)
Middle Miocene15.98 - 11.63Australia (Victoria) Murex eyrei (72210)