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Chicoreus (Siratus) articulatus

Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Muricidae

Taxonomy
Murex articulatus was named by Reeve (1845) [DISTRIBUTION: Early Miocene-Recent; Caribbean.]. Its type specimen is Holotype (no number), a shell, and it is not a trace fossil.

It was recombined as Siratus articulatus by Fair (1976); it was recombined as Chicoreus (Siratus) articulatus by Vokes (1989).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1845Murex articulatus Reeve
1976Siratus articulatus Fair p. 22 figs. pl. 5, fig. 58
1989Chicoreus (Siratus) articulatus Vokes p. 46

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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
superfamilyMuricoideade Costa 1776
familyMuricidaeRafinesque 1815
subfamilyMuricinaeda Costa 1776
genusChicoreusMonfort 1810
subgenusSiratus(Jousseaume 1880)
speciesarticulatus(Reeve 1845)

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
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 Piacenzian or 11.63000 to 2.58000 Ma

Collections (4 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Tortonian11.63 - 7.246Dominican Republic Chicoreus articulatus (74934)
Late/Upper Miocene11.63 - 5.333Mexico (Veracruz) Chicoreus articulatus (96499)
Zanclean5.333 - 3.6Dominican Republic Chicoreus articulatus (74965)
Piacenzian3.6 - 2.58Dominican Republic Chicoreus articulatus (93612)