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Hirtomurex

Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Muricidae

Taxonomy
Hirtomurex was named by Coen (1922) [m. kosnik taxon no: 8069].

It was assigned to Coralliophilinae by Wilson (1994).

Species lacking formal opinion data
Entered
by M. Kosnik on 2003-09-29; modified by M. Kosnik on 2013-04-30

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1922Fusomurex Coen
1922Hirtomurex Coen
1960Coralliophila (Fusomurex) MacNeil p. 65
1994Hirtomurex Wilson p. 18

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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
subfamilyCoralliophilinaeChenu 1859
genusHirtomurexAdams and Adams 1853

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.

G. †Hirtomurex Coen 1922
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Invalid names: Fusomurex Coen 1922 [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 Middle Miocene to the top of the Gelasian or 15.98000 to 1.80000 Ma

Collections (7 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Middle Miocene15.98 - 11.63Marshall Islands Coralliophila sp. A (77992)
Late/Upper Miocene11.63 - 5.333Japan (Okinawa) Coralliophila sp. (42169)
Late/Upper Miocene11.63 - 5.333Marshall Islands Coralliophila sp. A (77991) Coralliophila sp. A, Coralliophila sp. B (77977) Coralliophila sp. B (77985)
Late/Upper Miocene11.63 - 5.333Japan Coralliophila sp. (42170)
Gelasian2.58 - 1.8Japan (Okinawa) Coralliophila shimajiriensis (42180)