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Murexiella (Murexiella) shilohensis

Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Muricidae

Taxonomy
Murex shilohensis was named by Heilprin (1887).

It was recombined as Muricidea shilohensis by Martin (1904); it was recombined as Murexiella (Murexiella) shilohensis by Vokes (1968).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
M. vaughani, M. macgintyi

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1887Murex shilohensis Heilprin
1904Muricidea shilohensis Martin p. 202
1968Murexiella (Murexiella) shilohensis Vokes p. 110

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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
genusMurexiellaClench and Farfante 1945
subgenusMurexiellaClench and Farfante 1945
speciesshilohensis(Heilprin 1887)

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: Kiessling 2004, Hendy et al. 2009

Age range: base of the Burdigalian to the top of the Early/Lower Pleistocene or 20.45000 to 0.77400 Ma

Collections (22 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Early/Lower Miocene23.04 - 15.98USA (New Jersey) Muricidea shilohensis (59335 59722)
Burdigalian20.45 - 15.98USA (Florida) Murexiella shilohensis (89576 92457 92505 92552)
Late/Upper Pliocene3.6 - 2.58USA (Florida) Murexiella shilohensis (92344 92362 92441 92518 92658 92659)
Late/Upper Pliocene - Early/Lower Pleistocene3.6 - 0.774USA (Florida) Murexiella shilohensis (92693)
Early/Lower Pleistocene2.58 - 0.774USA (Florida) Murexiella shilohensis (92334 92335 92338 92339 92656 92692)
Early/Lower Pleistocene2.58 - 0.774USA (South Carolina) Murexiella shilohensis (92367)
Pleistocene2.58 - 0.0117USA (Florida) Murexiella shilohensis (92331 92332)