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Heteropurpura dertonensis

Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Muricidae

Taxonomy

Murex dertonensis was named by Mayer (1873) [Mayer in Bellardi].

It was recombined as Heteropurpura dertonensis by Dominici et al. (2020).

Synonyms

Ocenebra dertonensis was named by Montanaro (1935).

It was synonymized subjectively with Heteropurpura dertonensis by Dominici et al. (2020).
Tritonalia dertonensis was named by Ruggieri (1956).

It was synonymized subjectively with Heteropurpura dertonensis by Dominici et al. (2020).

Synonymy list

Year	Name and author
1873	Murex dertonensis Mayer
1935	Ocenebra dertonensis Montanaro
1956	Tritonalia dertonensis Ruggieri
2020	Heteropurpura dertonensis Dominici et al.

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Rank	Name	Author
kingdom	Animalia	()
—	Bilateria
—	Eubilateria	Ax 1987
—	Protostomia
—	Spiralia
superphylum	Lophotrochozoa
phylum	Mollusca
class	Gastropoda
subclass	Caenogastropoda	(Cox 1959)

Rank	Name	Author
—	Sorbeoconcha	(Ponder and Lindberg 1997)
—	Hypsogastropoda	(Ponder and Lindberg 1997)
superorder	Latrogastropoda	Riedel 2000
order	Neogastropoda	Thiele 1929
superfamily	Muricoidea	de Costa 1776
family	Muricidae	Rafinesque 1815
genus	Heteropurpura	Jousseaume 1880
species	dertonensis	(Mayer 1873)

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.

†Heteropurpura dertonensis Mayer 1873

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Invalid names: Ocenebra dertonensis Montanaro 1935 [synonym], Tritonalia dertonensis Ruggieri 1956 [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

Age range: base of the Tortonian to the top of the Messinian or 11.63000 to 5.33300 Ma

Collections: one only

Time interval	Ma	Country or state	Original ID and collection number
Tortonian - Messinian	11.63 - 5.333	Italy	Heteropurpura dertonensis (207782)