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Hexaplex (Trunculariopsis)

Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Muricidae

Synonyms
  • Truncularia was named by Wiegmann (1832). It is extant.

    It was reranked as Murex (Truncularia) by Ruggieri (1959); it was synonymized subjectively with Hexaplex (Trunculariopsis) by Landau et al. (2007).

    It was assigned to Murex by Ruggieri (1959).
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1921Trunculariopsis Cossmann
1959Murex (Truncularia) Ruggieri p. 18
2002Trunculariopsis Sepkoski
2007Hexaplex (Trunculariopsis) Landau et al. p. 8

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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
genusHexaplexPerry 1811
subgenusTrunculariopsis(Cossmann 1921)

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.

Subg. Hexaplex (Trunculariopsis) Cossmann 1921
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Invalid names: Murex dumosus De Stefani 1875 [synonym]
Hexaplex (Trunculariopsis) campanii De Stefani and Pantanelli 1878
Invalid names: Hexaplex (Truncularia) Wiegmann 1832 [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

Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Late/Upper Miocene to the top of the Holocene or 11.63000 to 0.00000 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 5.333 Ma

Collections (10 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Miocene11.63 - 5.333Australia (South Australia) Trunculariopsis peramangus (63432 63439 63442)
Zanclean5.333 - 3.6Spain Hexaplex campanii (80557) Hexaplex campanii, Hexaplex rudis (80564)
Pliocene5.333 - 2.58Italy (Biella) Hexaplex rudis (127497)
Piacenzian3.6 - 2.58Spain Hexaplex praeduplex, Hexaplex bourgeoisi, Hexaplex rudis (80562)
Early/Lower Pleistocene - Late/Upper Pleistocene2.58 - 0.0117Italy (Livorno) Hexaplex trunculus (173663)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Morocco Murex trunculus (127597)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Italy Murex trunculus (196903)