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Urosalpinx perrugata

Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Muricidae

Taxonomy
Fusus perrugatus was named by Conrad (1846). It is extant.

It was recombined as Urosalpinx perrugatus by DuBar (1962); it was recombined as Urosalpinx perrugata by Hendy et al. (2008).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
U. merriami, U. tribaka, U. xustris

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1846Fusus perrugatus Conrad
1962Urosalpinx perrugatus DuBar
2008Urosalpinx perrugata Hendy et al.

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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
genusUrosalpinxStimpson 1865
speciesperrugata(Conrad 1846)

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 Late/Upper Pliocene to the top of the Late/Upper Pleistocene or 3.60000 to 0.01170 Ma

Collections (14 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Pliocene3.6 - 2.588USA (North Carolina) Urosalpinx perrugata (58895 59310)
Late/Upper Pliocene3.6 - 2.588Venezuela Urosalpinx perrugata (131237)
Gelasian2.588 - 1.806USA (North Carolina) Urosalpinx perrugata (71138)
Early/Lower Pleistocene2.588 - 0.781USA (Florida) Urosalpinx perrugata (61309)
Early/Lower Pleistocene (interglacial)2.588 - 0.781USA (North Carolina) Urosalpinx perrugata (211182 211183)
Early/Lower Pleistocene2.588 - 0.781USA (North Carolina) Urosalpinx perrugata (58897 59316)
Pleistocene2.588 - 0.0117USA (North Carolina) Urosalpinx perrugata (59313)
Calabrian1.8 - 0.774USA (Florida) Urosalpinx perrugatus (41705)
Middle Pleistocene0.774 - 0.129USA (Florida) Urosalpinx perrugata (61310)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117USA (Florida) Urosalpinx perrugata (61311 96538)