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Homalocantha

Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Muricidae

Taxonomy
Homalocantha was named by Mörch (1852) [m. kosnik taxon no: 8095].

It was reranked as Murex (Homalocantha) by Dey (1961).

It was assigned to Murex by Dey (1961); to Muricopsinae by Wilson (1994); and to Muricidae by Todd (2001) and Landau et al. (2007).

Species
H. heptagonata
Species lacking formal opinion data
H. heptagona

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1852Homalocantha Mörch
1961Murex (Homalocantha) Dey
1994Homalocantha Wilson p. 37
2001Homalocantha Todd
2007Homalocantha Landau et al. p. 24

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classGastropoda
RankNameAuthor
subclassCaenogastropoda(Cox 1959)
—Sorbeoconcha(Ponder and Lindberg 1997)
—Hypsogastropoda(Ponder and Lindberg 1997)
superorderLatrogastropodaRiedel 2000
orderNeogastropodaThiele 1929
superfamilyMuricoideade Costa 1776
familyMuricidaeRafinesque 1815
genusHomalocanthaMörch 1852

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. †Homalocantha Mörch 1852
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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 Aquitanian to the top of the Late/Upper Pleistocene or 23.03000 to 0.01170 Ma

Collections (10 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Aquitanian23.03 - 20.44France (Aquitaine) H. perpulcher (74865)
Aquitanian23.03 - 20.44France H. pauli (74861)
Early/Lower Miocene23.03 - 15.97India Murex talahabensis (72033)
Serravallian13.82 - 11.62Hungary H. heptagona (34739)
Serravallian13.82 - 11.62Indonesia (West Java) H. talahabensis (179626)
Badenian13.65 - 12.7Poland (Holy Cross Mountains) H. heptagonata (38823)
Zanclean5.333 - 3.6Spain H. heptagonata (80564)
Piacenzian3.6 - 2.588Spain H. heptagonata (80562)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Australia (Western Australia) H. sp. (63356)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Djibouti Murex variscosus (96787)