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Typhis acuticosta

Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Muricidae

Taxonomy
Murex acuticosta was named by Conrad (1830). Its type specimen is ANSP 13615, a shell, and it is a 3D body fossil.

It was recombined as Typhis (Talityphis) acuticosta by Gertman (1969); it was recombined as Typhis acuticosta by Martin (1904), Ward (1998).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
T. alatus, T. hebetatus, T. japonicus

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1830Murex acuticosta Conrad p. 211 figs. Plate IX, Fig. 1
1904Typhis acuticosta Martin p. 204
1969Typhis (Talityphis) acuticosta Gertman p. 163
1998Typhis acuticosta Ward p. 73

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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
genusTyphisMontfort 1810
speciesacuticosta(Conrad 1830)

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.

†Typhis acuticosta Conrad 1830
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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 Burdigalian to the top of the Late/Upper Miocene or 20.45000 to 5.33300 Ma

Collections (3 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Burdigalian20.45 - 15.98USA (Delaware) Typhis acuticosta (18579)
Langhian15.98 - 13.82USA (Maryland) Typhis acuticosta (69023)
Late/Upper Miocene11.63 - 5.333USA (Maryland) Typhis acuticosta (68978)