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Murex camplytropis

Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Muricidae

Taxonomy
Murex (Ocenebra) camplytropis was named by Tate (1888) [DISTRIBUTION: Cenozoic; Southern Australia]. It is not a trace fossil.

It was recombined as Murex camplytropis by Darragh (1970).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1888Murex (Ocenebra) camplytropis Tate pp. 105-106 figs. pl. 3, fig. 2
1970Murex camplytropis Darragh p. 159

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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
speciescamplytropis()

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.

†Murex camplytropis Tate 1888
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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: Kiessling 2004, Hendy et al. 2009

Age range: base of the Early/Lower Miocene to the top of the Middle Miocene or 23.03000 to 11.60800 Ma

Collections (2 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Early/Lower Miocene23.03 - 15.97Australia (Tasmania) Murex camplytropis (72221)
Middle Miocene15.97 - 11.608Australia (Victoria) Murex camplytropis (72210)