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Murexiella (Murexiella)

Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Muricidae

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1945Murexiella (Murexiella) Clench and Farfante
1968Murexiella (Murexiella) Vokes p. 106
2001Murexiella (Murexiella) 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
genusMurexiellaClench and Farfante 1945
subgenusMurexiellaClench and Farfante 1945

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.

Subg. Murexiella (Murexiella) Clench and Farfante 1945
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Invalid names: Chicoreus larvaecosta Heilprin 1887 [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: Hendy et al. 2009, Kiessling 2004

Age range

Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Lutetian to the top of the Late/Upper Pleistocene or 48.07000 to 0.01170 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 41.03 Ma

Collections (42 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Lutetian48.07 - 41.03USA (Texas) Chicoreus mantelli (205503)
Bartonian41.03 - 37.71USA (Texas) Murexiella sp. (205410)
Bartonian41.03 - 37.71USA (Alabama) Murex mantelli (2418) Murexiella crispangula, Murexiella mantelli (92698) Murexiella mantelli (90600)
Chattian - Aquitanian27.3 - 20.45USA (Florida) Chicoreus crispangula, Chicoreus larvaecosta (60985)
Early/Lower Miocene23.04 - 15.98USA (New Jersey) Muricidea shilohensis (59335 59722)
Burdigalian20.45 - 15.98USA (Florida) Murexiella calhounensis (92460 92549) Murexiella calhounensis, Murexiella shilohensis (89576) Murexiella shilohensis (92457 92505 92552)
Early/Lower Pliocene5.333 - 3.6Venezuela (Sucre) Murex puntagordanum (41552)
Zanclean5.333 - 3.6Dominican Republic Murexiella hidalgoi (80084)
Late/Upper Pliocene3.6 - 2.58Costa Rica Murexiella hidalgoi (96519)
Late/Upper Pliocene3.6 - 2.58USA (Florida) Murexiella shilohensis (92344 92362 92441 92518 92658 92659)
Late/Upper Pliocene3.6 - 2.58Mexico (Veracruz) Murexiella veracruzana (92449)
Late/Upper Pliocene - Early/Lower Pleistocene3.6 - 0.774USA (Florida) Murexiella shilohensis (92693)
Early/Lower Pleistocene2.58 - 0.774USA (South Carolina) Murexiella shilohensis, Murexiella petiti, Murexiella glypta (92367)
Early/Lower Pleistocene2.58 - 0.774USA (Florida) Murexiella glypta (92336) Murexiella shilohensis (92334 92338 92339 92656 92692) Murexiella shilohensis, Murexiella glypta (92335)
Pleistocene2.58 - 0.0117USA (Florida) Murexiella shilohensis (92331) Murexiella shilohensis, Murexiella glypta (92332)
Middle Pleistocene0.774 - 0.129USA (Florida) Murexiella graceae (67070 79740)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117USA (Florida) Murexiella glypta (92369 92370 92622 92623) Murexiella glypta, Murexiella graceae (92621)