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Pterynotus (Pterynotus) crenulatus tricarinatus

Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Muricidae

Taxonomy
Murex tricarinatus was named by Lamarck (1803) [DISTRIBUTION: Eocene; western Europe.]. It is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Grignon (Lamarck collection), which is in a Lutetian open shallow subtidal sandstone/sandstone in France.

It was recombined as Pterynotus (Pterynotus) crenulatus tricarinatus by Pacaud and Le Renard (1995).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1803Murex tricarinatus Lamarck p. 223 figs. pl. 4, fig. 7
1995Pterynotus (Pterynotus) crenulatus tricarinatus Pacaud and Le Renard

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classGastropoda
subclassCaenogastropoda(Cox 1959)
—Sorbeoconcha(Ponder and Lindberg 1997)
RankNameAuthor
—Hypsogastropoda(Ponder and Lindberg 1997)
superorderLatrogastropodaRiedel 2000
orderNeogastropodaThiele 1929
superfamilyMuricoideade Costa 1776
familyMuricidaeRafinesque 1815
genusPterynotusSwainson 1833
subgenusPterynotusSwainson 1833
speciescrenulatus(Röding 1798)
subspeciestricarinatus()

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.

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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: base of the Lutetian to the top of the Late/Upper Eocene or 48.07000 to 33.90000 Ma

Collections (8 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Lutetian48.07 - 41.03France Murex tricarinatus (184107)
Bartonian41.03 - 37.71United Kingdom (England) Murex tricarinatus (42636 42639 42641 42644)
Late/Upper Eocene37.71 - 33.9United Kingdom (England) Murex tricarinatus (39695 42640 42658)