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Labrus

Osteichthyes - Labriformes - Labridae

Taxonomy
Labrus was named by Linnaeus (1758) [Sepkoski's age data: T Eo-m-l R Sepkoski's reference number: 915]. It is extant. It is the type genus of Labrini.

It was assigned to Labroidei by Agassiz (1835); to Labrini by Hanel et al. (2002); to Perciformes by Sepkoski (2002); and to Labridae by Casier (1946), Bellwood (1999), Argyriou (2022).

Species
L. (Crenilabrus), L. eocaenus
Species lacking formal opinion data
L. bergylta, L. eocaenicus, L. merula

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1758Labrus Linnaeus p. 282
1835Labrus Agassiz p. 42ff
1946Labrus Casier p. 141
1999Labrus Bellwood p. 209
2002Labrus Hanel et al. p. 777
2002Labrus Sepkoski
2022Labrus Argyriou p. 120

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
classOsteichthyes
subclassActinopterygii()
RankNameAuthor
infraclassActinopteri()
—Teleosteomorpha
—Acanthopterygii
—Percomorphaceae
—EupercariaBetancur et al. 2013
orderLabriformes
familyLabridae(Cuvier 1816)
genusLabrus

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.

G. Labrus Linnaeus 1758
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Subg. †Labrus (Crenilabrus) Kramberger 1891
†Labrus eocaenus Casier 1946
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: marinesubp
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Created: 2009-07-20 21:50:54
Modified: 2009-07-20 23:50:54
Source: c = class, subp = subphylum
References: Kiessling 2004, Hendy et al. 2009, Carroll 1988

Age range: base of the Early/Lower Eocene to the top of the Early/Lower Pleistocene or 56.00000 to 0.77400 Ma

Collections (7 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Ypresian56.0 - 48.07Belgium L. eocaenicus (219001)
Early/Lower Eocene - Middle Eocene56.0 - 37.71United Kingdom (England) L. sp. (3257 3258)
Lutetian48.07 - 41.03Ukraine (Luhansk) L. sp. (120885)
Lutetian48.07 - 41.03Ukraine L. sp. (211009)
Early/Lower Pleistocene2.58 - 0.774France (Alpes Maritimes) L. sp. (50523)
Calabrian - Middle Pleistocene1.8 - 0.129Italy (Sardinia) L. bergylta, L. merula, L. sp. (51482)