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Hexaplex (Trunculariopsis) brevicanthos

Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Muricidae

Taxonomy
Murex brevicanthos was named by Sismonda (1847). It is a 3D body fossil.

It was recombined as Chicoreus brevicanthos by Inzani and Bertarelli (1985); it was recombined as Hexaplex brevicanthos by Cavallo and Repetto (1992); it was recombined as Muricanthus brevicanthos by Damarco (1993); it was recombined as Hexaplex (Trunculariopsis) brevicanthos by Landau et al. (2007).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonyms
  • Murex dumosus was named by De Stefani (1875). It is a 3D body fossil.

    It was synonymized subjectively with Hexaplex (Trunculariopsis) brevicanthos by Landau et al. (2007).
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1847Murex brevicanthos Sismonda
1875Murex dumosus De Stefani p. 81 figs. pl. 2, fig. 2
1985Chicoreus brevicanthos Inzani and Bertarelli p. 30
1992Hexaplex brevicanthos Cavallo and Repetto p. 86
1993Muricanthus brevicanthos Damarco p. 74
2007Hexaplex (Trunculariopsis) brevicanthos Landau et al. p. 8

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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
subgenusTrunculariopsis(Cossmann 1921)
speciesbrevicanthos(Sismonda 1847)

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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Invalid names: Murex dumosus De Stefani 1875 [synonym]
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
Collections
No collection or age range data are available