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Dermomurex (Dermomurex)

Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Muricidae

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1890Dermomurex (Dermomurex) Monterosato
1975Dermomurex (Dermomurex) Vokes p. 133
2001Dermomurex (Dermomurex) Todd

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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
genusDermomurexMonterosato 1890
subgenusDermomurexMonterosato 1890

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.

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: Hendy et al. 2009, Kiessling 2004

Age range

Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Burdigalian to the top of the Late/Upper Pleistocene or 20.45000 to 0.01170 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 15.98 Ma

Collections (39 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Burdigalian20.45 - 15.98USA (Florida) Dermomurex matercula (89576 92459 92460 92545 92548 92552)
Messinian7.246 - 5.333Dominican Republic Dermomurex olssoni (84960 93710)
Zanclean5.333 - 3.6Spain Dermomurex jani (80557) Dermomurex scalaroides (80564)
Pliocene5.333 - 2.58USA (Florida) Dermomurex engonatus (146873)
Late/Upper Pliocene3.6 - 2.58USA (Florida) Dermomurex engonatus (92344 92362 92363 92624 92664)
Late/Upper Pliocene3.6 - 2.58Costa Rica Dermomurex pauperculus (92575)
Piacenzian3.6 - 2.58Italy (Emilia-Romagna) Dermomurex scalaroides (178117)
Piacenzian3.6 - 2.58Spain Dermomurex jani (80560 80561) Dermomurex scalaroides, Dermomurex jani (80562)
Late/Upper Pliocene - Early/Lower Pleistocene3.6 - 0.774USA (Florida) Dermomurex engonatus (92364 92657 92693)
Early/Lower Pleistocene2.58 - 0.774Panama Aspella scalarioides (80304)
Early/Lower Pleistocene2.58 - 0.774USA (Florida) Aspella engonata (79331) Dermomurex engonatus (92334 92335 92336 92337 92340 92342 92692)
Pleistocene2.58 - 0.0117USA (Florida) Dermomurex engonatus (92332 92333 92498)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117USA (Florida) Dermomurex elizabethae (92622 92623) Dermomurex engonatus (92674)