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Murex (Murex) chipolanus

Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Muricidae

Taxonomy
Murex chrysostoma chipolana was named by Dall (1890). Its type specimen is USNM 112156, a shell, and it is a 3D body fossil.

It was recombined as Murex (Murex) chipolanus by Vokes (1963).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1890Murex chrysostoma chipolana Dall p. 139
1963Murex (Murex) chipolanus Vokes p. 98

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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
genusMurexLinnaeus 1758
subgenusMurexLinnaeus 1758
specieschipolanus(Dall 1890)

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: Burdigalian or 20.45000 to 15.98000 Ma

Collections (9 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Early/Lower Miocene23.04 - 15.98Mexico (Tamaulipas) Murex chipolanus (92508)
Burdigalian20.45 - 15.98USA (Florida) Murex chipolanus (41760 42250 42328 42366 89575 92501 92502 92503)