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Dermomurex

Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Muricidae

Taxonomy
Dermomurex was named by Monterosato (1890) [Sepkoski's age data: T Ol-l R Sepkoski's reference number: 852]. It is extant.

It was assigned to Muricinae by Vokes (1975) and Wilson (1994); to Neogastropoda by Sepkoski (2002); and to Muricidae by Petuch (1988), Todd (2001), Landau et al. (2007) and Darragh (2017).

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1884Poweria Monterosato
1890Dermomurex Monterosato
1975Dermomurex Vokes p. 133
1988Dermomurex Petuch p. 152
1994Dermomurex Wilson p. 28
2001Dermomurex Todd
2002Dermomurex Sepkoski
2002Hexachorda Sepkoski
2007Dermomurex Landau et al. p. 22
2017Dermomurex Darragh p. 74

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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
genusDermomurexMonterosato 1890

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. Dermomurex Monterosato 1890
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Subg. Dermomurex (Takia) Kuroda 1953
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Subg. Dermomurex (Viator) Vokes 1974
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Invalid names: Murex (Panamurex) gilletteorum Vokes 1963 [synonym]
Dermomurex pacei Petuch 1988
†Dermomurex silicatus Darragh 2017
Invalid names: Hexachorda [synonym], Poweria Monterosato 1884 [replaced]
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

Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Priabonian to the top of the Late/Upper Pleistocene or 38.00000 to 0.01170 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 33.9 Ma

Collections (75 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Priabonian38.0 - 33.9Australia (Western Australia) D. sp., D. silicatus (205816)
Early/Lower Oligocene33.9 - 28.4USA (Mississippi) D. cookei (92691)
Rupelian33.9 - 28.1USA (North Carolina) D. sexangulus (4880)
Rupelian33.9 - 28.1USA (Mississippi) D. cookei (5501 5612)
Late/Upper Oligocene28.4 - 23.03USA (North Carolina) D. sexangulus (92606 92719)
Chattian - Aquitanian28.1 - 20.44USA (Florida) Eupleura sexangula (60985)
Burdigalian20.44 - 15.97USA (Florida) Demomurex curviductus (92379) D. farleyensis (92550 92551 92558) D. farleyensis, D. vaughani (89574 91536 92458 92505 92549 92563) D. matercula (92460 92545 92548 92552) D. matercula, D. vaughani (89576) D. vaughani (89575 92461 92554 92556 92564 92567) Murex vaughani, D. matercula, D. vaughani (92459)
Badenian13.65 - 12.7Hungary D. distinctus (155784 191165)
Messinian7.246 - 5.333Dominican Republic D. olssoni (84960) D. olssoni, D. pterynoides (93710) D. pterynoides (93716 94000 131387 131522)
Messinian7.246 - 5.333Panama (Colon) D. sp. (79855)
Messinian - Zanclean7.246 - 3.6Dominican Republic D. pterynoides (74967)
Zanclean5.333 - 3.6Spain D. jani (80557) D. scalaroides (80564)
Zanclean5.333 - 3.6Dominican Republic D. pterynoides (93733)
Pliocene5.333 - 2.588USA (Florida) D. engonatus (146873)
Late/Upper Pliocene3.6 - 2.588Costa Rica D. antecessor (92697) D. pauperculus, D. antecessor (92575)
Late/Upper Pliocene3.6 - 2.588USA (Florida) D. engonatus (92344 92362 92363 92624 92664)
Piacenzian3.6 - 2.588Italy (Emilia-Romagna) D. scalaroides (178117)
Piacenzian3.6 - 2.588Spain D. jani (80560 80561) D. scalaroides, D. jani (80562)
Late/Upper Pliocene - Early/Lower Pleistocene3.6 - 0.781USA (Florida) D. engonatus (92364 92657 92693)
Early/Lower Pleistocene2.588 - 0.781USA (Florida) Aspella engonata (79331) D. engonatus (92334 92335 92336 92337 92340 92342 92692)
Early/Lower Pleistocene2.588 - 0.781Panama Aspella scalarioides (80304)
Pleistocene2.588 - 0.0117USA (Florida) D. engonatus (92332 92333 92498)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117USA (Florida) D. antecessor (92369) D. elizabethae (92622 92623) D. engonatus (92674)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Saudi Arabia D. obeliscus (192720)