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Ceratostoma monoceros
Taxonomy
Murex monoceros was named by Sowerby (1840).
It was recombined as Murex (Cerostoma) monoceros by Tryon (1880); it was recombined as Murex (Pterorhytis) monoceras by Arnold (1903); it was recombined as Purpura monoceros by Stewart (1927); it was recombined as Purpura (Purpura) monoceros by Grant and IV and Gale (1931); it was recombined as Pterorytis monoceros by Kanakoff and Emerson (1959); it was recombined as Ceratostoma monoceros by Hendy (2021).
It was recombined as Murex (Cerostoma) monoceros by Tryon (1880); it was recombined as Murex (Pterorhytis) monoceras by Arnold (1903); it was recombined as Purpura monoceros by Stewart (1927); it was recombined as Purpura (Purpura) monoceros by Grant and IV and Gale (1931); it was recombined as Pterorytis monoceros by Kanakoff and Emerson (1959); it was recombined as Ceratostoma monoceros by Hendy (2021).
Sister species lacking formal opinion data
Synonyms
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Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1840 | Murex monoceros Sowerby p. 143 |
| 1869 | Muricidea (Phyllonotus) paucivaricata Gabb p. 43 figs. PI. 14. Fig. 1 |
| 1880 | Murex (Cerostoma) monoceros Tryon p. 115 figs. Pl. 35, Figs. 388, 389 |
| 1888 | Muricidea paucivaricata Cooper p. 252 |
| 1903 | Murex (Pterorhytis) monoceras Arnold p. 246 |
| 1927 | Purpura monoceros Stewart pp. 388 - 389 figs. Plate XXXII, fig. 1 |
| 1931 | Purpura (Purpura) monoceros Grant, IV and Gale p. 706 |
| 1959 | Pterorytis monoceros Kanakoff and Emerson p. 30 |
| 2021 | Ceratostoma monoceros Hendy |
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†Ceratostoma monoceros Sowerby 1840
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Invalid names: Muricidea paucivaricata Gabb 1869 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
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| References: Kiessling 2004, Hendy et al. 2009 | |||||
Age range: Late/Upper Pleistocene or 0.12900 to 0.01170 Ma
Collections (3 total)
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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| Late/Upper Pleistocene | USA (California) | Murex monoceras (222660) Pterorytis monoceros (160361) Purpura monoceros (240604) |