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Thais emarginata (striped dogwinkle)

Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Muricidae

Taxonomy
Purpura emarginata was named by Deshayes (1839). It is extant.

It was recombined as Thais emarginata by Grant and IV and Gale (1931); it was recombined as Nucella emarginata by Valentine (1956).

Subspecies
Nucella emarginata ostrina
Sister species lacking formal opinion data
Purpura nodosa

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1839Purpura emarginata Deshayes
1931Thais emarginata Grant, IV and Gale p. 707
1956Nucella emarginata Valentine p. 198

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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
genusThaisRöding 1798
speciesemarginata(Deshayes 1839)

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.

Thais emarginata Deshayes 1839 [striped dogwinkle]
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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

Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Zanclean to the top of the Late/Upper Pleistocene or 5.33300 to 0.01170 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 3.6 Ma

Collections (14 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Zanclean5.333 - 3.6Mexico (Baja California) Thais emarginata (154115)
Pleistocene2.58 - 0.0117Mexico (Baja California) Nucella emarginata (96590 96594)
Quaternary2.58 - 0.0USA (California) Thais emarginata (37936)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Mexico Thais emarginata (67613 67641 67643)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Mexico (Baja California) Nucella emarginata (96591)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117USA (California) Nucella emarginata (96566 223048 240650 240653 240655) Thais emarginata (59063)