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Homalocantha heptagonata

Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Muricidae

Taxonomy
Murex heptagonatus was named by Bronn (1831). It is a 3D body fossil.

It was recombined as Hexaplex (Paziella) heptagonatus by Nikolov (1994); it was recombined as Homalocantha heptagonata by Landau et al. (2007).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1831Murex heptagonatus Bronn p. 35
1994Hexaplex (Paziella) heptagonatus Nikolov p. 49
2007Homalocantha heptagonata Landau et al. p. 24

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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
genusHomalocanthaMörch 1852
speciesheptagonata(Bronn 1831)

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 Badenian to the top of the Piacenzian or 13.82000 to 2.58000 Ma

Collections (3 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Badenian13.82 - 12.8Poland (Holy Cross Mountains) Homalocantha heptagonata (38823)
Zanclean5.333 - 3.6Spain Homalocantha heptagonata (80564)
Piacenzian3.6 - 2.58Spain Homalocantha heptagonata (80562)