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Herminespina philippi

Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Muricidae

Taxonomy
Monoceros philippi was named by Möricke (1896) [DISTRIBUTION: Late Miocene-Pliocene; Peru-Chile.]. It is not a trace fossil.

It was recombined as Nucella (Acanthinucella) philippi by Herm (1969); it was recombined as Acanthinucella philippi by de Muizon and DeVries (1985); it was recombined as Herminespina philippi by DeVries and Vermeij (1997).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1896Monoceros philippi Möricke
1969Nucella (Acanthinucella) philippi Herm p. 140
1985Acanthinucella philippi de Muizon and DeVries figs. pl. 2, fig. b
1997Herminespina philippi DeVries and Vermeij p. 611

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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
genusHerminespina
speciesphilippi(Möricke 1896)

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.

Herminespina philippi Möricke 1896
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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: Kiessling 2004, Hendy et al. 2009

Age range: base of the Late/Upper Miocene to the top of the Early/Lower Pliocene or 11.63000 to 3.60000 Ma

Collections (5 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Middle Miocene - Early/Lower Pliocene15.98 - 3.6Chile (Copiapó) Nucella philippi (222872)
Late/Upper Miocene11.63 - 5.333Peru Herminespina philippi (80419 80458 80520)
Early/Lower Pliocene5.333 - 3.6Peru Herminespina philippi (80502)