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Chicoreus (Chicoreus) brevifrons

Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Muricidae

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1822Murex brevifrons Lamarck p. 161
1959Murex (Chicoreus) brevifrons Woodring p. 216
1965Chicoreus (Chicoreus) brevifrons Vokes p. 192
1974Chicoreus (Chicoreus) brevifrons Vokes p. 84

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classGastropoda
subclassCaenogastropoda(Cox 1959)
Sorbeoconcha(Ponder and Lindberg 1997)
RankNameAuthor
Hypsogastropoda(Ponder and Lindberg 1997)
superorderLatrogastropodaRiedel 2000
orderNeogastropodaThiele 1929
superfamilyMuricoideade Costa 1776
familyMuricidaeRafinesque 1815
subfamilyMuricinaeda Costa 1776
genusChicoreusMonfort 1810
subgenusChicoreusMontfort 1810
speciesbrevifrons(Lamarck 1822)

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.

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Diagnosis
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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: Hendy et al. 2009, Kiessling 2004

Age range: base of the Early/Lower Miocene to the top of the Early/Lower Pleistocene or 23.04000 to 0.77400 Ma

Collections (17 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Early/Lower Miocene23.04 - 15.98Brazil (Para) Murex brevifrons (60979 65162) Murex brevifrons, Murex brevifrons (112590)
Langhian - Serravallian15.98 - 11.63Brazil (Para) Murex brevifrons, Murex brevifrons (58454)
Middle Miocene15.98 - 11.63Mexico (Oaxaca) Chicoreus brevifrons (42313)
Tortonian11.63 - 7.246Panama Murex brevifrons (93176 93177)
Tortonian11.63 - 7.246Panama (Colon) Murex brevifrons (145254)
Early/Lower Pliocene5.333 - 3.6Venezuela Chicoreus brevifrons (41831 96486)
Late/Upper Pliocene3.6 - 2.58Venezuela Chicoreus brevifrons (131210 131237)
Late/Upper Pliocene3.6 - 2.58Venezuela (Carabobo) Murex brevifrons (41540)
Late/Upper Pliocene3.6 - 2.58Venezuela (Tayabas) Murex brevifrons (41568)
Early/Lower Pleistocene2.58 - 0.774USA (Florida) Murex brevifrons (41501 41718)
Pleistocene2.58 - 0.0117Venezuela Chicoreus brevifrons (131267)