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Chicoreus (Naquetia) compactus

Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Muricidae

Taxonomy

Murex (Pteronotus) compactus was named by Gabb (1873) [DISTRIBUTION: Miocene-Pliocene; Dominican Republic.]. Its type specimen is ANSP 3258, a shell, and it is a 3D body fossil.

It was recombined as Murex compactus by Maury (1917) and Maury (1917); it was recombined as Chicoreus (Chicoreus) compactus by Vokes (1965); it was recombined as Chicoreus (Naquetia) compactus by Vokes (1989).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

C. aldrichi, C. axicornis, C. brevis, C. burnsii, C. calusa, C. dormani, C. duerri, C. dujardini, C. floridensis, C. gravesae, C. judeae, C. junghuhni, C. miccosukee, C. michelotti, C. microphyllus, C. mississippiensis, C. nicholsi, C. puruensis, C. pyknos, C. sarae, C. saulii, C. scaber, C. sedgwicki, C. shirleyae, C. stephensae, C. stetopus, C. striaeformis, C. superbus, C. susanae, C. trigonalis, C. virgineus, C. borni, C. guadalupei, C. aldrichi, C. davisi, C. globosus, C. hippocastanum, C. margaritensis, C. millvillensis, C. mississippiensis, C. tritonopsis, C. trophoniformis, C. capuchinus, C. anuliferous, C. chipolanus, C. consuela, C. denegatus, C. miltos, C. quirosensis, C. sextoni, C. springeri, C. komiticus, Murex adustus, Murex aldrichi, Murex angulifer, Murex arakanensis, Murex arrakensis, Murex asianus, Murex microphyllus, Murex pyknos, Murex virgineus, Naquetia ovulata, Naquetia sondeianus, Pterynotus barclayi

Synonymy list

Year	Name and author
1873	Murex (Pteronotus) compactus Gabb p. 202
1917	Murex compactus Maury p. 103
1965	Chicoreus (Chicoreus) compactus Vokes p. 187
1989	Chicoreus (Naquetia) compactus Vokes p. 42

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Rank	Name	Author
kingdom	Animalia	()
—	Bilateria
—	Eubilateria	Ax 1987
—	Protostomia
—	Spiralia
superphylum	Lophotrochozoa
phylum	Mollusca
class	Gastropoda
subclass	Caenogastropoda	(Cox 1959)
—	Sorbeoconcha	(Ponder and Lindberg 1997)

Rank	Name	Author
—	Hypsogastropoda	(Ponder and Lindberg 1997)
superorder	Latrogastropoda	Riedel 2000
order	Neogastropoda	Thiele 1929
superfamily	Muricoidea	de Costa 1776
family	Muricidae	Rafinesque 1815
subfamily	Muricinae	da Costa 1776
genus	Chicoreus	Monfort 1810
subgenus	Naquetia	(Jousseaume 1880)
species	compactus	(Gabb 1873)

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.

†Chicoreus (Naquetia) compactus Gabb 1873

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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 Tortonian to the top of the Zanclean or 11.63000 to 3.60000 Ma

Collections (6 total)

Time interval	Ma	Country or state	Original ID and collection number
Tortonian	11.63 - 7.246	Dominican Republic	Chicoreus compactus (111205)
Messinian	7.246 - 5.333	Dominican Republic	Chicoreus compactus (131454 131458)
Messinian - Zanclean	7.246 - 3.6	Dominican Republic	Chicoreus compactus (75038 75039)
Zanclean	5.333 - 3.6	Dominican Republic	Chicoreus compactus (80136)