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Maxwellia

Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Muricidae

Taxonomy
Maxwellia was named by Baily (1950) [Sepkoski's age data: T Plio R]. It is extant.

It was assigned to Muricinae by Abbott (1974); and to Neogastropoda by Sepkoski (2002).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1950Maxwellia Baily
1974Maxwellia Abbott pp. 171, 177
2002Maxwellia Sepkoski

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classGastropoda
subclassCaenogastropoda(Cox 1959)
RankNameAuthor
Sorbeoconcha(Ponder and Lindberg 1997)
Hypsogastropoda(Ponder and Lindberg 1997)
superorderLatrogastropodaRiedel 2000
orderNeogastropodaThiele 1929
superfamilyMuricoideade Costa 1776
familyMuricidaeRafinesque 1815
subfamilyMuricinaeda Costa 1776
genusMaxwelliaBaily 1950

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. Maxwellia Baily 1950
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Maxwellia eldridgei Arnold 1907
Maxwellia gemma Sowerby II 1879 [gem murex]
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 Early/Lower Pliocene to the top of the Late/Upper Pleistocene or 5.33300 to 0.01170 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 3.6 Ma

Collections (22 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Early/Lower Pliocene5.333 - 3.6USA (California) Purpura eldridgei (96911)
Zanclean - Gelasian5.333 - 1.8USA (California) M. eldridgei (214267)
Late/Upper Pliocene3.6 - 2.58USA (California) M. eldridgei (238622) M. gemma (238435 238436 238459 238605) Purpura gemma (200398)
Early/Lower Pleistocene2.58 - 0.774USA (California) M. gemma (202495)
Pleistocene2.58 - 0.0117Mexico (Baja California) M. gemma (96593)
Quaternary2.58 - 0.0USA (California) M. gemma (37946)
Middle Pleistocene0.774 - 0.129USA (California) M. gemma (202492 202968) M. gemma, M. eldridgei (203114) Murex eldridgei, Murex gemma (203113)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Mexico M. gemma (67641)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Mexico (Baja California) M. gemma (96591)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117USA (California) M. gemma (96566 160361 223074 240555) Purpura gemma (59063)