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Mexacanthina lugubris

Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Muricidae

Taxonomy
Monoceros lugubre was named by Sowerby I (1822). It is extant.

It was recombined as Acanthina lugubris by Jordan (1926); it was recombined as Acanthina lugubre by Chace (1956); it was recombined as Morula lugubris by Lindberg et al. (1980); it was recombined as Mexacanthina lugubris by Skoglund (2002) and Hendy (2021).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1822Monoceros lugubre Sowerby I p. 5 figs. fig. 3
1926Acanthina lugubris Jordan p. 245
1956Acanthina lugubre Chace
1980Morula lugubris Lindberg et al.
2002Mexacanthina lugubris Skoglund p. 114
2021Mexacanthina lugubris Hendy

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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
genusMexacanthinaMarko and Vermeij 1999
specieslugubris(Sowerby I 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.

Mexacanthina lugubris Sowerby I 1822
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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: Hendy et al. 2009, Kiessling 2004

Age range: Late/Upper Pleistocene or 0.12900 to 0.01170 Ma

Collections (26 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Pleistocene2.588 - 0.0117Mexico (Baja California) Acanthina lugubris (96590 96592 96593)
Pleistocene2.588 - 0.0117Mexico (Sonora) Acanthina lugubre (96565)
Quaternary2.58 - 0.0USA (California) Acanthina lugubris (37939) Morula lugubris (37933 37940)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Mexico (Baja California) Acanthina lugubris (96591)
Late/Upper Pleistocene (interglacial)0.129 - 0.0117Mexico (Baja California) Morula lugubris (89573 194399 194406 194407 194415)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Mexico Acanthina lugubris (52347 67641 67643 67644 226468)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117USA (California) Acanthina lugubris (160361 223041 223043 223044 223067 223073 223074) Morula lugubris (96589)