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Eupleura lehneri

Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Muricidae

Taxonomy
Eupleura lehneri was named by Jung (1969) [DISTRIBUTION: Pliocene; Trinidad, Costa Rica.]. Its type specimen is USNM 645346, a shell, and it is not a trace fossil.

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
E. pterina

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1969Eupleura lehneri Jung pp. 491-492 figs. pl. 50, figs. 1-5
2005Eupleura lehneri Herbert p. 301

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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
subfamilyOcenebrinaeCossmann 1903
genusEupleuraAdams and Adams 1853
specieslehneriJung 1969

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.

†Eupleura lehneri Jung 1969
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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: Late/Upper Miocene or 11.63000 to 5.33300 Ma

Collections (7 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Miocene11.63 - 5.333Trinidad and Tobago Eupleura lehneri (60399 60402 60404 60630 60631 60634 60635)