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Morum (Herculea)

Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Harpidae

Taxonomy
Herculea was named by Hanley (1858). It is extant.

It was reranked as Morum (Herculea) by Clark and Durham (1946).

It was assigned to Cassididae by Olsson (1931); and to Morum by Clark and Durham (1946).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1858Herculea Hanley
1931Herculea Olsson p. 97
1946Morum (Herculea) Clark and Durham p. 34

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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
familyHarpidaeBronn 1849
genusMorumRöding 1798
subgenusHerculea(Hanley 1858)

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.

Subg. Morum (Herculea) Hanley 1858
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†Morum (Herculea) caracoli Anderson 1928
†Morum (Herculea) corrugatum Clark and Durham 1946
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 08:21:02
Modified: 2009-09-10 10:21:02
Source: f = family, c = class
References: Hendy et al. 2009, Kiessling 2004

Age range: base of the Bartonian to the top of the Early/Lower Oligocene or 41.03000 to 27.30000 Ma

Collections (7 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Bartonian41.03 - 37.71Colombia (Bolivar) Morum caracoli (3312)
Bartonian41.03 - 37.71Colombia Athleta caracoli (88278)
Bartonian41.03 - 37.71Peru (Piura) Morum maccormacki (52528)
Late/Upper Eocene37.71 - 33.9Colombia (Bolivar) Morum corrugatum (3315)
Priabonian37.71 - 33.9Peru (Ica) Morum charanalense (100331)
Priabonian - Rupelian37.71 - 27.3Peru Morum charanalense (219109)
Early/Lower Oligocene33.9 - 27.3Peru (Piura) Morum charanalensis (55441)