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Murex (Murex)

Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Muricidae

Taxonomy
Murex (Murex) was named by Linnaeus (1758). It is extant.

It was assigned to Murex by Linnaeus (1758), Oostingh (1935), Gardner (1947), Ladd (1977), Ladd (1982), Perrilliat (1987), Robba et al. (1989).

Subtaxa
Murex (Acupurpura) verbeeki, Murex (Murex) antillarum, Murex (Murex) chipolanus, Murex (Murex) djarianensis, Murex (Murex) gilli (syn. Murex (Murex) dasus), Murex (Murex) nicholsi, Murex (Murex) quirosensis, Murex (Murex) toreia, Murex (Murex) troscheli
Species lacking formal opinion data
Murex abbatiae, Murex aciculata, Murex aduncospinosus, Murex adustus, Murex aldrichi, Murex angulatus, Murex angulifer, Murex anguliferus, Murex arakanensis, Murex arrakensis, Murex asianus, Murex bantamensis, Murex bantamensis, Murex bataviana, Murex bellegladeensis, Murex bellegladensis, Murex bilineatus, Murex brevispina, Murex calcar, Murex carinella, Murex citimus, Murex corallina, Murex cornerectus, Murex decussata, Murex decussatus, Murex edwardsi, Murex engonata, Murex forskoehlii, Murex friedbergi, Murex fulvenscens, Murex fusates, Murex globosus, Murex gosportensis, Murex guppyi, Murex haudmuticus, Murex hoplites, Murex innexus, Murex inornatus, Murex inornatus, Murex laciniatus, Murex laevavaricosus, Murex longus, Murex macgillierayi, Murex mansfieldi, Murex messoriusi, Murex microphyllus, Murex migus, Murex millvillensis, Murex miscowicki, Murex multilamellosus, Murex multispinosus, Murex multispinosus, Murex nanus, Murex nasongoensis, Murex pallaryi, Murex partschi, Murex partsehi, Murex pecten, Murex pennaei, Murex pleurotomoides, Murex prestensis, Murex pseudophyllopterus, Murex purpruoides, Murex pustulatus, Murex pyknos, Murex radix, Murex recurvirostris, Murex renieri, Murex retirostris, Murex rigidus, Murex rubigonosus, Murex rufus, Murex ruthrae, Murex rutteni, Murex sabaudianus, Murex saplisi, Murex saxatilis, Murex septemnarius, Murex sobrinus, Murex sondeiamus, Murex sondeianus, Murex spinieosta, Murex subtorulcirius, Murex talahabensis, Murex taurinensis, Murex tenuirostrum, Murex ternispina, Murex ternispira, Murex tortuosus, Murex trapa, Murex trapa, Murex triangularis, Murex tribulus, Murex tribulus, Murex tritonopsis, Murex trophoniformis, Murex troscheli, Murex tumulosus, Murex vanuxemi, Murex variscosus, Murex verbeeki, Murex virgineus

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1758Murex (Murex) Linnaeus
1925Murex (Acupurpura) Vredenburg p. 218
1935Murex (Murex) Oostingh p. 64
1947Murex (Murex) Gardner p. 517
1977Murex (Murex) Ladd p. 37
1982Murex (Murex) Ladd p. 42
1987Murex (Murex) Perrilliat p. 16
1989Murex (Murex) Robba et al. p. 78
2002Acupurpura Sepkoski

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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
subfamilyMuricinaeda Costa 1776
genusMurexLinnaeus 1758
subgenusMurexLinnaeus 1758

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. Murex (Murex) Linnaeus 1758
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†Murex (Murex) gilli Maury 1910
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Invalid names: Murex (Murex) dasus Gardner 1947 [synonym]
†Murex (Murex) nicholsi Gardner 1947
†Murex (Murex) toreia Maury 1925
Invalid names: Murex (Acupurpura) [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 Burdigalian to the top of the Middle Pleistocene or 20.45000 to 0.12900 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 15.98 Ma

Collections (37 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Early/Lower Miocene23.04 - 15.98Mexico (Tamaulipas) Murex chipolanus (92508)
Early/Lower Miocene23.04 - 15.98Brazil (Para) Murex toreia (60979)
Early/Lower Miocene23.04 - 15.98Pakistan Murex verbeeki (77164)
Burdigalian20.45 - 15.98USA (Florida) Murex chipolanus (42250) Murex chipolanus, Murex dasus (41760 42328 42366) Murex chipolanus, Murex gilli (89575 92501 92502 92503) Murex dasus (42290) Murex gilli (92504 92506) Murex gilli, Murex nicholsi (92458) Murex nicholsi (92505)
Burdigalian - Langhian20.45 - 13.82Japan (Fukui ) Murex sp. (176560)
Serravallian13.82 - 11.63USA (Florida) Murex nicholsi (42692 43024 92507)
Tortonian11.63 - 7.246Panama Murex sp. (82116)
Late/Upper Miocene11.63 - 5.333Indonesia (Borneo) Murex brevispina, Murex trapa (42339) Murex djarianensis (42311)
Late/Upper Miocene11.63 - 5.333Fiji Murex bantamensis (78061) Murex nasongoensis, Murex bantamensis (78059)
Late/Upper Miocene11.63 - 5.333Philippines Murex verbeeki (70138)
Early/Lower Pliocene5.333 - 3.6Indonesia (Java) Murex troscheli (45344)
Early/Lower Pliocene5.333 - 3.6Pakistan Murex troscheli (77138)
Zanclean5.333 - 3.6Fiji Murex bantamensis (78069)
Pliocene5.333 - 2.58Haiti Fusus gilli (66810)
Pliocene5.333 - 2.58Fiji Murex guppyi, Murex bantamensis, Murex multispinosus (78073)
Pliocene5.333 - 2.58Indonesia Murex djarianensis (84520 84521 84533)
Late/Upper Pliocene3.6 - 2.58Fiji Murex multispinosus (78065)
Pleistocene2.58 - 0.0117Colombia Murex antillarum (97679)
Middle Pleistocene0.774 - 0.129Vanuatu Murex pecten, Murex tribulus, Murex retirostris (78043)