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Poirieria (Flexopteron) foliacea

Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Muricidae

Taxonomy
Murex foliaceus was named by Deshayes (1865) [DISTRIBUTION: Eocene; western Europe.]. It is not a trace fossil.

It was recombined as Poirieria (Flexopteron) foliacea by Pacaud and Le Renard (1995).

Subspecies
Poirieria (Flexopteron) foliacea fraterculus
Sister species lacking formal opinion data
P. primigena, P. cretacea

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1865Murex foliaceus Deshayes pp. 324-325 figs. pl. 87, fig. 27-30
1995Poirieria (Flexopteron) foliacea 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
subfamilyMuricinaeda Costa 1776
genusPoirieriaJousseaume 1880
subgenusFlexopteron(Shutton 1969)
speciesfoliacea(Deshayes 1865)

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: Kiessling 2004, Hendy et al. 2009

Age range: base of the Early/Lower Eocene to the top of the Middle Eocene or 56.00000 to 37.71000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Early/Lower Eocene - Middle Eocene56.0 - 37.71United Kingdom (England) Hexaplex fraterculus (3257)