Basic info Taxonomic history Classification Included Taxa
Morphology Ecology and taphonomy External Literature Search Age range and collections

Murex (Murex)

Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Muricidae

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1758Murex (Murex) Linnaeus
1925Murex (Acupurpura) Vredenburg p. 218
1935Murex (Murex) Oostingh p. 64
1947Murex (Murex) Gardner p. 517
1977Murex (Murex) Ladd p. 37
1982Murex (Murex) Ladd p. 42
1987Murex (Murex) Perrilliat p. 16
1989Murex (Murex) Robba et al. p. 78
2002Acupurpura Sepkoski

Is something missing? Join the Paleobiology Database and enter the data

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
subgenusMurexLinnaeus 1758

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.

Subg. Murex (Murex) Linnaeus 1758
show all | hide all
†Murex (Murex) gilli Maury 1910
hide
Invalid names: Murex (Murex) dasus Gardner 1947 [synonym]
†Murex (Murex) nicholsi Gardner 1947
†Murex (Murex) toreia Maury 1925
Invalid names: Murex (Acupurpura) [synonym]
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

Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Burdigalian to the top of the Middle Pleistocene or 20.44000 to 0.12900 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 15.97 Ma

Collections (39 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Early/Lower Miocene23.03 - 15.97Brazil (Para) Murex toreia (60979)
Early/Lower Miocene23.03 - 15.97Mexico (Tamaulipas) Murex chipolanus (92508)
Early/Lower Miocene23.03 - 15.97Pakistan Murex verbeeki (77164)
Burdigalian20.44 - 15.97USA (Florida) Murex chipolanus (42250) Murex chipolanus, Murex dasus (41760 42328 42366) Murex chipolanus, Murex gilli (89575 92501 92502 92503) Murex dasus (42290) Murex gilli (92504 92506) Murex gilli, Murex nicholsi (92458) Murex nicholsi (92505)
Burdigalian - Langhian20.44 - 13.82Japan (Fukui ) Murex sp. (176560)
Serravallian13.82 - 11.62USA (Florida) Murex nicholsi (42692 43024 92507)
Tortonian11.62 - 7.246Panama Murex sp. (82116)
Late/Upper Miocene11.608 - 5.333Indonesia (Borneo) Murex brevispina, Murex trapa (42339) Murex djarianensis (42311)
Late/Upper Miocene11.608 - 5.333Philippines Murex verbeeki (70138)
Late/Upper Miocene11.608 - 5.333Fiji Murex bantamensis (78061) Murex nasongoensis, Murex bantamensis (78059)
Early/Lower Pliocene5.333 - 3.6Pakistan Murex troscheli (77138)
Early/Lower Pliocene5.333 - 3.6Indonesia (Java) Murex troscheli (45344)
Zanclean5.333 - 3.6Fiji Murex bantamensis (78069)
Pliocene5.333 - 2.588Fiji Murex guppyi, Murex bantamensis, Murex multispinosus (78073)
Pliocene5.333 - 2.588Indonesia Murex djarianensis (84520 84521 84533)
Pliocene5.333 - 2.588Haiti Fusus gilli (66810)
Late/Upper Pliocene3.6 - 2.588Fiji Murex multispinosus (78065)
Early/Lower Pleistocene2.588 - 0.781Indonesia Murex troscheli (67971)
Pleistocene2.588 - 0.0117Colombia Murex antillarum (97679)
Pleistocene2.588 - 0.0117Philippines (Panay) Murex troscheli (41651)
Middle Pleistocene0.774 - 0.129Vanuatu Murex pecten, Murex tribulus, Murex retirostris (78043)