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Ceratostoma foliatum (foliate thornmouth)

Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Muricidae

Taxonomy
Murex foliata was named by Gmelin (1791). It is extant. It is the type species of Purpura.

It was recombined as Murex (Cerostoma) foliatus by Tryon (1880); it was recombined as Murex (Pterorhytis) foliatus by Arnold (1903); it was recombined as Purpura (Purpura) foliata by Grant and IV and Gale (1931); it was recombined as Purpura foliata by Soper and Grant (1932); it was recombined as Ceratostoma foliata by Valentine and Meade (1961); it was recombined as Ceratostoma foliatum by Hendy (2021).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
C. brachypteron, C. notiale, C. modestum

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1791Murex foliata Gmelin p. 3529
1880Murex (Cerostoma) foliatus Tryon p. 113 figs. Pl. 34, figs. 370, 371
1903Murex (Pterorhytis) foliatus Arnold p. 245
1909Purpura perponderosa Dall p. 36 figs. Pl. 2, FIg. 2, 5
1909Aporrhais (Arrhoges) quillayutensis Reagan p. 226 figs. Pl. 6, Fig. 65
1931Purpura (Purpura) foliata Grant, IV and Gale p. 705
1932Purpura foliata Soper and Grant p. 1062
1961Ceratostoma foliata Valentine and Meade p. 17
2021Ceratostoma foliatum Hendy

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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
subfamilyThaidinaeJousseaume 1888
genusCeratostoma(Hermannsen 1846)
speciesfoliatum(Gmelin 1791)

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.

Ceratostoma foliatum Gmelin 1791 [foliate thornmouth]
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Invalid names: Aporrhais (Arrhoges) quillayutensis Reagan 1909 [synonym], Purpura perponderosa Dall 1909 [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: Kiessling 2004, Hendy et al. 2009

Age range: base of the Messinian to the top of the Late/Upper Pleistocene or 7.24600 to 0.01170 Ma

Collections (15 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Miocene23.04 - 5.333USA (California) Ceratostoma foliatum (195081 195417)
Messinian7.246 - 5.333USA (California) Ceratostoma foliatum (194796)
Quaternary2.58 - 0.0USA (California) Ceratostoma foliatum (37947 37948)
Middle Pleistocene0.774 - 0.129USA (California) Ceratostoma foliata (203114)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117USA (California) Ceratostoma foliata (240643 240644 240645 240646 240648 240650 240651 240655) Murex foliatus (222660)