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Vokesimurex

Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Muricidae

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1994Vokesimurex Petuch
2010Vokesimurex Landau and Marques da Silva p. 62

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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
genusVokesimurexPetuch 1994

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. Vokesimurex Petuch 1994
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Vokesimurex anniae Smith 1940
Vokesimurex cabritii Bernardi 1859
Vokesimurex messorius Sowerby 1841
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Invalid names: Murex (Murex) woodringi Clench and Pérez Farfante 1945 [synonym], Murex funiculatus Reeve 1845 [synonym], Murex nigrescens Sowerby II 1841 [synonym], Murex samui Sunderland 2003 [synonym], Murex sutilis White 1887 [synonym]
†Vokesimurex polynematicus Brown and Pilsbry 1911
†Vokesimurex recurvirostris Broderip 1832
Vokesimurex sallasi Rehder and Abbott 1951
Vokesimurex tryoni Hidalgo 1880
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 Aquitanian to the top of the Late/Upper Pleistocene or 23.04000 to 0.01170 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 20.45 Ma

Collections (146 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Early/Lower Oligocene - Middle Miocene33.9 - 11.63Haiti Murex messorius (173459)
Aquitanian23.04 - 20.45Panama Murex polynematicus (42609)
Early/Lower Miocene23.04 - 15.98Dominican Republic V. messorius (92450)
Early/Lower Miocene23.04 - 15.98Brazil (Para) Murex messorius (60979) V. messorius (111196)
Burdigalian20.45 - 15.98Panama Murex polynematicus (42615)
Burdigalian20.45 - 15.98Venezuela (Falcon) Murex polynematicus (60144)
Burdigalian20.45 - 15.98Colombia (La Guajira) V. sp. (156356)
Burdigalian20.45 - 15.98Dominican Republic Murex messorius (74962 94143 131503)
Burdigalian20.45 - 15.98Venezuela (Falcón) V. messorius (96434)
Langhian15.98 - 13.82Dominican Republic Murex messorius (74958 74959 93680 131500 131501 131624)
Langhian15.98 - 13.82Colombia (La Guajira) V. sp. (136880 136884 136907 136909 157828 157830 160970)
Middle Miocene15.98 - 11.63Mexico (Oaxaca) Haustellum messorius (42313)
Middle Miocene15.98 - 11.63Puerto Rico Murex messorius (80244 92452 131917)
Middle Miocene15.98 - 11.63Haiti Haustellum messorius (96508) V. messorius (92454)
Middle Miocene15.98 - 11.63Panama Murex polynematicus (52173)
Tortonian11.63 - 7.246Panama (Colon) Murex polynematicus (145254 145343) V. messorius (142898 142899 142932)
Tortonian11.63 - 7.246Panama Murex messorius (134661) Murex polynematicus (52169 52170 52174 82126 93053 93054) Murex recurvirostris (82119) Murex recurvirostris, Murex polynematicus (93176)
Tortonian11.63 - 7.246Dominican Republic Haustellum messorius (111205) Murex messorius (58817 74912 74934 93644 99852 131367 131369 131370 131371 131377 131378 131466 131513)
Late/Upper Miocene11.63 - 5.333Dominican Republic Murex messorius (74914 74915 74957)
Late/Upper Miocene11.63 - 5.333Trinidad and Tobago Murex chrysostoma (60408 60637)
Late/Upper Miocene11.63 - 5.333Ecuador (Esmeraldas) Murex polynematicus (60640)
Late/Upper Miocene11.63 - 5.333Colombia Murex messorius (96501)
Messinian7.246 - 5.333Dominican Republic Murex messorius (75041 75042 84952 84956 84960 84974 84989 84990 90619 93601 93687 93710 93716 94000 94104 94106 131494 131496 131521 131569 131643 131656 131658 131661 131663 131666 131676 131677)
Messinian - Zanclean7.246 - 3.6Dominican Republic Murex messorius (74911 74966 74967 74971 75036 75037 75038 75039 75040 75043)
Early/Lower Pliocene5.333 - 3.6Dominican Republic Murex messorius (58821 94007)
Early/Lower Pliocene5.333 - 3.6Ecuador (Esmeraldas) Murex recurvirostris (41762)
Early/Lower Pliocene5.333 - 3.6Colombia Murex messorius (133232)
Early/Lower Pliocene5.333 - 3.6Venezuela (Sucre) Murex chrysostomus (41543 41545)
Zanclean5.333 - 3.6Dominican Republic Murex messorius (74968 80084 80136 93733 94003 94004)
Pliocene5.333 - 2.58Costa Rica Murex messorius (134657 134666)
Late/Upper Pliocene3.6 - 2.58Costa Rica Murex recurvirostris (66794)
Late/Upper Pliocene3.6 - 2.58Jamaica Haustellum messorius (69092 69093) Murex messorius (131915)
Late/Upper Pliocene3.6 - 2.58Mexico (Veracruz) Murex recurvirostris (59420)
Late/Upper Pliocene3.6 - 2.58Venezuela V. messorius (79710)
Piacenzian3.6 - 2.58Costa Rica Murex messorius (131919)
Piacenzian3.6 - 2.58Panama Murex messorius (134663)
Late/Upper Pliocene - Early/Lower Pleistocene3.6 - 0.774USA (Florida) Murex rubidus (92366)
Early/Lower Pleistocene2.58 - 0.774Costa Rica Murex recurvirostris (66777)
Early/Lower Pleistocene2.58 - 0.774USA (Florida) Murex anniae (92499) Murex rubidus (92334 92335 92337 92338 92339 92340 92500)
Pleistocene2.58 - 0.0117USA (Florida) Murex rubidus (92331 92496 92498)
Pleistocene2.58 - 0.0117Dominican Republic Murex messorius (75422)
Pleistocene2.58 - 0.0117Venezuela Murex messorius (131918)
Middle Pleistocene0.774 - 0.129USA (Florida) Murex bellegladeensis, Murex anniae (67070) V. bermontianus, V. bellegladeensis (79740) V. diegelae (79747)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117USA (Florida) Murex anniae, Murex rubidus (92369)