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Favartia

Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Muricidae

Taxonomy
Favartia was named by Jousseaume (1880) [Sepkoski's age data: T Eo-m R Sepkoski's reference number: 914]. It is extant.

It was reranked as Ocinebra (Favartia) by Dall (1889); it was reranked as Murex (Favartia) by Olsson and Harbison (1953); it was reranked as Aspella (Favartia) by Mandic et al. (2002).

It was assigned to Ocinebra by Dall (1889); to Murex by Olsson and Harbison (1953); to Muricopsinae by Wilson (1994); to Neogastropoda by Sepkoski (2002); to Aspella by Mandic et al. (2002); and to Muricidae by Petuch (1988), Todd (2001) and Landau et al. (2007).

Species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1880Favartia Jousseaume
1889Ocinebra (Favartia) Dall p. 211
1953Murex (Favartia) Olsson and Harbison
1988Favartia Petuch p. 152
1994Favartia Wilson p. 37
2001Favartia Todd
2002Aspella (Favartia) Mandic et al. p. 300
2002Favartia Sepkoski
2007Favartia Landau et al. p. 44

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classGastropoda
RankNameAuthor
subclassCaenogastropoda(Cox 1959)
Sorbeoconcha(Ponder and Lindberg 1997)
Hypsogastropoda(Ponder and Lindberg 1997)
superorderLatrogastropodaRiedel 2000
orderNeogastropodaThiele 1929
superfamilyMuricoideade Costa 1776
familyMuricidaeRafinesque 1815
genusFavartiaJousseaume 1880

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. Favartia Jousseaume 1880
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Subg. Favartia (Favartia) Jousseaume 1880
Favartia brevicula Sowerby 1834
Favartia cellulosa Conrad 1846
Favartia lappa Broderip 1833
Favartia pacei Petuch 1988
Favartia perita Hinds 1844
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

Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Ypresian to the top of the Late/Upper Pleistocene or 56.00000 to 0.01170 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 47.8 Ma

Collections (22 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Ypresian56.0 - 47.8USA (California) F. sp. (193545)
Aquitanian23.03 - 20.44France F. suboblonga (74861)
Badenian13.65 - 12.7Hungary F. transsylvanica (155784)
Badenian13.65 - 12.7Austria Aspella sp. (74656)
Badenian13.65 - 12.7Poland (Holy Cross Mountains) Aspella absona, Aspella czjzeki, Aspella ineisa (38823)
Early/Lower Pliocene5.333 - 3.6Ecuador Murexiella lappa (41757)
Zanclean - Piacenzian5.333 - 2.588Portugal F. sp. (171579)
Late/Upper Pliocene3.6 - 2.588Venezuela F. sp. (131218 131363)
Piacenzian3.6 - 2.588USA (California) Murex peritus (186031)
Piacenzian3.6 - 2.588Spain F. absona (80558 80563) F. absona, F. suboblonga (80562)
Piacenzian3.6 - 2.588Italy (Emilia-Romagna) F. absona (178117)
Early/Lower Pleistocene2.588 - 0.781USA (Florida) Murex cellulosus (79331)
Middle Pleistocene0.774 - 0.129USA (Florida) F. cellulosa (61310)
Middle Pleistocene0.774 - 0.129USA (California) Ocinebra perita (222663)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117USA (Florida) F. cellulosa (96538)
Late/Upper Pleistocene (interglacial)0.129 - 0.0117Bahamas F. sp. (80677)
Late/Upper Pleistocene (interglacial)0.129 - 0.0117Mexico (Baja California) Murexiella lappa (89573 194428)
Late/Upper Pleistocene - Holocene0.129 - 0.0Panama (Panama) F. lappa (160395)