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Murex (Haustellum) pennae

Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Muricidae

Taxonomy
Murex pennae was named by Maury (1934) [DISTRIBUTION: Early-Late Miocene; Dominican Republic-Brazil.]. Its type specimen is PRI 29313, a shell, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Rio Pirabas (Maury coll.), which is in a Miocene shallow subtidal limestone/limestone in the Pirabas Formation of Brazil.

It was recombined as Murex (Murex) pennae by Vokes (1963); it was recombined as Murex (Haustellum) pennae by Vokes (1989).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1925Murex pennae Maury pp. 140-141 figs. pl. 6, fig. 4
1934Murex pennae Maury pp. 140-141 figs. pl. 6, fig. 4
1963Murex (Murex) pennae Vokes p. 102
1988Murex pennae Petuch p. 101
1989Murex (Haustellum) pennae Vokes pp. 27-28

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classGastropoda
subclassCaenogastropoda(Cox 1959)
—Sorbeoconcha(Ponder and Lindberg 1997)
RankNameAuthor
—Hypsogastropoda(Ponder and Lindberg 1997)
superorderLatrogastropodaRiedel 2000
orderNeogastropodaThiele 1929
superfamilyMuricoideade Costa 1776
familyMuricidaeRafinesque 1815
subfamilyMuricinaeda Costa 1776
genusMurexSchumacher 1817
subgenusHaustellum
speciespennae()

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.

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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: base of the Early/Lower Miocene to the top of the Messinian or 23.03000 to 5.33300 Ma

Collections (22 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Early/Lower Miocene23.03 - 15.97Brazil (Para) Haustellum pennae (111196) Murex pennae (type locality: 60979 112590)
Langhian - Serravallian15.97 - 11.62Brazil (Para) Murex pennae (58454)
Tortonian11.62 - 7.246Dominican Republic Haustellum pennae (111205) Murex pennae (93686)
Late/Upper Miocene11.608 - 5.333Dominican Republic Murex pennae (74914 74915)
Messinian7.246 - 5.333Dominican Republic Murex pennae (84952 93716 131571 131655 131656 131657 131658)
Messinian - Zanclean7.246 - 3.6Dominican Republic Murex pennae (74911 74966 74967 74971 75039 75040 75043)