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Chicoreus (Siratus) yaquensis

Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Muricidae

Taxonomy
Murex yaquensis was named by Maury (1917) [DISTRIBUTION: Early Miocene-Early Pliocene; Caribbean, Brazil.]. Its type specimen is ANSP 3255, a shell, and it is a 3D body fossil.

It was recombined as Murex (Murex) yaquensis by Vokes (1963); it was recombined as Chicoreus (Siratus) yaquensis by Vokes (1989).

Synonyms
  • Murex antillarum was named by Gabb (1873). It is a 3D body fossil.

    It was synonymized subjectively with Murex (Murex) yaquensis by Vokes (1963).
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1873Murex antillarum Gabb p. 202
1917Murex yaquensis Maury p. 102 figs. pl. 16, fig. 7
1963Murex (Murex) yaquensis Vokes p. 107
1989Chicoreus (Siratus) yaquensis Vokes p. 50

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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)
speciesyaquensis()

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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Invalid names: Murex antillarum Gabb 1873 [synonym]
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: Kiessling 2004, Hendy et al. 2009

Age range: base of the Early/Lower Miocene to the top of the Messinian or 23.04000 to 5.33300 Ma

Collections (4 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Early/Lower Miocene23.04 - 15.98Brazil (Para) Chicoreus yaquensis (111196) Murex yaquensis (60979 65162)
Messinian7.246 - 5.333Dominican Republic Chicoreus yaquensis (75041)