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Hexaplex (Hexaplex) marksi

Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Muricidae

Taxonomy
Murex marksi was named by Harris (1894). Its type specimen is USNM 135148, a shell, and it is a 3D body fossil.

It was recombined as Murex (Phyllonotus) engonatus marksi by Harris and Palmer (1947); it was recombined as Hexaplex (Hexaplex) marksi by Vokes (1968).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1894Murex marksi Harris p. 167 figs. pl. 6, fig. 10
1947Murex (Phyllonotus) engonatus marksi Harris and Palmer p. 339
1968Hexaplex (Hexaplex) marksi Vokes p. 98

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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
genusHexaplexPerry 1811
subgenusHexaplexPerry 1810
speciesmarksi(Harris 1894)

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 Bartonian to the top of the Priabonian or 41.03000 to 33.90000 Ma

Collections (18 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Bartonian41.03 - 37.71USA (Arkansas) Hexaplex marksi (99169)
Bartonian41.03 - 37.71USA (Mississippi) Hexaplex marksi (90471 90643 92393 98496 99628 99632 99634 99675 164232)
Bartonian41.03 - 37.71USA (Louisiana) Hexaplex marksi (90305 92303 92374 92577 98676)
Bartonian - Priabonian41.03 - 33.9USA (Louisiana) Hexaplex marksi (99762)
Priabonian37.71 - 33.9USA (Louisiana) Hexaplex marksi (92298 92300)