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Bolinus
Taxonomy
Murex (Bolinus) was named by Pusch (1837). It is extant. Its type is Murex brandaris.
It was reranked as Bolinus by Sepkoski (2002) and Landau et al. (2007).
It was assigned to Neogastropoda by Sepkoski (2002); to Murex by Harzhauser (2002); and to Muricinae by Landau et al. (2007).
It was reranked as Bolinus by Sepkoski (2002) and Landau et al. (2007).
It was assigned to Neogastropoda by Sepkoski (2002); to Murex by Harzhauser (2002); and to Muricinae by Landau et al. (2007).
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1837 | Murex (Bolinus) Pusch |
| 2002 | Murex (Bolinus) Harzhauser p. 93 |
| 2002 | Bolinus Sepkoski |
| 2007 | Bolinus Landau et al. p. 5 |
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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.
G. Bolinus Pusch 1837
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Bolinus brandaris Linnaeus 1758
†Bolinus brandaris torularius Lamarck 1822
†Murex (Bolinus) subtorularius Hörnes and Auinger 1885
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
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Age range
Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Early/Lower Miocene to the top of the Late/Upper Pleistocene or 23.03000 to 0.01170 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 15.97 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 15.97 Ma
Collections (9 total)
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
|---|---|---|---|
| Early/Lower Miocene | Austria | Murex subtorularius (77622 77624) | |
| Langhian | Turkey | Murex subtorularius (78548) | |
| Badenian | Poland (Holy Cross Mountains) | Murex partsehi, Murex subtorulcirius, Murex partschi (38823) | |
| Zanclean | Spain | B. brandaris (80564) | |
| Pliocene | Cyprus | B. brandaris (34689) | |
| Piacenzian | Spain | B. brandaris (80562) | |
| Piacenzian | Italy (Emilia-Romagna) | B. brandaris (178117) | |
| Late/Upper Pleistocene | Saudi Arabia | B. brandaris (192720) |