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Spinucella

Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Muricidae

Taxonomy
Spinucella was named by Vermeij (1993).

It was assigned to Ocinebrinae by Vermeij (1993); and to Muricidae by Landau et al. (2007).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1993Spinucella Vermeij p. 20
2007Spinucella Landau et al. p. 39

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classGastropoda
RankNameAuthor
subclassCaenogastropoda(Cox 1959)
Sorbeoconcha(Ponder and Lindberg 1997)
Hypsogastropoda(Ponder and Lindberg 1997)
superorderLatrogastropodaRiedel 2000
orderNeogastropodaThiele 1929
superfamilyMuricoideade Costa 1776
familyMuricidaeRafinesque 1815
genusSpinucella

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.

G. †Spinucella Vermeij 1993
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Spinucella plessisi Lecointre 1952
Spinucella tetragona Sowerby 1825
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 Late/Upper Pleistocene or 11.63000 to 0.01170 Ma

Collections (8 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Tortonian11.63 - 7.246Denmark S. reimersi (98312)
Late/Upper Pliocene3.6 - 2.58United Kingdom (England) Purpura tetragona (84759 84764 84819)
Piacenzian3.6 - 2.58Belgium S. tetragona (179048 179079)
Piacenzian3.6 - 2.58Spain S. cancellata, S. praecedens (80562)
Middle Pleistocene - Late/Upper Pleistocene0.774 - 0.0117Morocco Purpura plessisi (127585)