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Pteropurpura festiva (festive murex)

Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Muricidae

Taxonomy
Murex festivus was named by Hinds (1844). It is extant.

It was recombined as Murex (Pteronotus) festivus by Arnold (1903); it was recombined as Triremis festiva by Dall (1921); it was recombined as Murex (Pterynotus) festivus by Pressler (1929); it was recombined as Purpura (Jaton) festiva by Grant and IV and Gale (1931); it was recombined as Purpura festiva by DeLong (1941); it was recombined as Jaton festiva by Valentine (1957); it was recombined as Jaton festivus by Kanakoff and Emerson (1959); it was recombined as Shaskyus festivus by Durham and Addicott (1965); it was recombined as Pteropurpura festivus by Valentine (1980); it was recombined as Pteropurpura (Pteropurpura) festiva by Skoglund (2002); it was recombined as Pteropurpura festiva by Hendy (2021).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1844Murex festivus Hinds p. 127
1903Murex (Pteronotus) festivus Arnold p. 244
1921Triremis festiva Dall p. 106
1929Murex (Pterynotus) festivus Pressler p. 338
1931Purpura (Jaton) festiva Grant, IV and Gale p. 708 figs. Plate 32, Figure 3
1941Purpura festiva DeLong p. 241
1957Jaton festiva Valentine p. 298
1959Jaton festivus Kanakoff and Emerson
1965Shaskyus festivus Durham and Addicott pp. table 1
1980Pteropurpura festivus Valentine p. 1312
2002Pteropurpura (Pteropurpura) festiva Skoglund p. 115
2021Pteropurpura festiva 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
genusPteropurpuraJosseaume 1880
speciesfestiva(Hinds 1844)

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.

Pteropurpura festiva Hinds 1844 [festive murex]
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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 Messinian to the top of the Late/Upper Pleistocene or 7.24600 to 0.01170 Ma

Collections (23 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Miocene23.04 - 5.333USA (California) Jaton festivus (195078)
Messinian7.246 - 5.333USA (California) Jaton festivus (194804)
Late/Upper Pliocene3.6 - 2.58USA (California) Jaton festivus (238459 238605)
Pleistocene2.58 - 0.0117USA (California) Murex festivus (237610)
Pleistocene2.58 - 0.0117Mexico (Baja California) Jaton festivus (96593)
Pleistocene2.58 - 0.0117Mexico (Sonora) Purpura festiva (96565)
Quaternary2.58 - 0.0USA (California) Jaton festivus (37938)
Middle Pleistocene0.774 - 0.129USA (California) Murex festivus (222663)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117USA (California) Jaton festiva (240555) Jaton festivus (96566 160361 240644) Murex festivus (222659 222660 222661 222662) Pteropurpura festiva (96936 96937) Purpura festiva (59063 96895)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Mexico Jaton festiva (67613 67641)