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Murexiella

Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Muricidae

Taxonomy
Murexiella was named by Clench and Farfante (1945) [Sepkoski's age data: T Eo-m R]. It is extant. Its type is Murex hidalgoi.

It was assigned to Muricinae by Vokes (1968); to Muricopsinae by Wilson (1994); to Muricidae by Ward and Blackwelder (1987) and Todd (2001); and to Neogastropoda by Sepkoski (2002).

Synonyms
  • Minnimurex was named by Woolacott (1957). It is extant.

    It was synonymized subjectively with Murexiella by Vokes (1968).
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1945Murexiella Clench and Farfante
1957Minnimurex Woolacott p. 115
1968Murexiella Vokes p. 106
1987Murexiella Ward and Blackwelder p. 132
1994Murexiella Wilson p. 38
2001Murexiella Todd
2002Murexiella Sepkoski

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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
genusMurexiellaClench and Farfante 1945

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. Murexiella Clench and Farfante 1945
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Subg. Murexiella (Murexiella) Clench and Farfante 1945
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Invalid names: Chicoreus larvaecosta Heilprin 1887 [synonym]
Subg. Murexiella (Subpterynotus) Olsson and Harbison 1953
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†Murexiella keenae Vokes 1970
†Murexiella macgintyi Smith 1938
Invalid names: Minnimurex Woolacott 1957 [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: Kiessling 2004, Hendy et al. 2009

Age range

Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Lutetian to the top of the Late/Upper Pleistocene or 47.80000 to 0.01170 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 41.3 Ma

Collections (85 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Lutetian47.8 - 41.3USA (Texas) Chicoreus mantelli (205503)
Bartonian41.3 - 38.0USA (Texas) M. sp. (205410)
Bartonian41.3 - 38.0USA (Alabama) Murex mantelli (2418) M. crispangula, M. mantelli (92698) M. mantelli (90600)
Rupelian33.9 - 28.1USA (Mississippi) M. vaughani (7113)
Rupelian33.9 - 28.1Germany M. ornata (95898)
Chattian - Aquitanian28.1 - 20.44USA (Florida) Chicoreus crispangula, Chicoreus larvaecosta (60985)
Early/Lower Miocene23.03 - 15.97Australia (Victoria) Subpterynotus wallacei (71240)
Early/Lower Miocene23.03 - 15.97USA (New Jersey) Coralliophila cumberlandiana (59336 59720) Muricidea shilohensis, Coralliophila cumberlandiana (59335 59722)
Burdigalian20.44 - 15.97USA (Delaware) M. cumberlandiana (18579)
Burdigalian20.44 - 15.97Venezuela (Falcón) M. textilis, Pterynotus textilis (96434)
Burdigalian20.44 - 15.97Venezuela (Falcon) Murex textilis (60144)
Burdigalian20.44 - 15.97USA (Florida) M. calhounensis (92460 92549) M. calhounensis, M. shilohensis (89576) M. shilohensis (92457 92505 92552)
Middle Miocene15.97 - 11.608Australia (Victoria) Subpterynotus wallacei (71351)
Badenian13.65 - 12.7Hungary Subpterynotus graniferus (191165)
Tortonian11.62 - 7.246Panama Pterynotus textilis (93145)
Messinian7.246 - 5.333Dominican Republic M. macgintyi (93996)
Early/Lower Pliocene5.333 - 3.6Venezuela M. macgintyi (41831)
Early/Lower Pliocene5.333 - 3.6Venezuela (Sucre) Murex puntagordanum (41552)
Zanclean5.333 - 3.6Dominican Republic M. hidalgoi (80084)
Early/Lower Pliocene - Late/Upper Pliocene5.333 - 2.588Costa Rica M. keenae (124268)
Pliocene - Pleistocene5.333 - 0.0117USA (Florida) Murex macgintyi (41749)
Late/Upper Pliocene3.6 - 2.588USA (California) Murex santarosana (200398)
Late/Upper Pliocene3.6 - 2.588Costa Rica M. hidalgoi (96519)
Late/Upper Pliocene3.6 - 2.588Venezuela M. puntagordana (131210 131363)
Late/Upper Pliocene3.6 - 2.588Mexico (Veracruz) M. macgintyi, M. veracruzana (92449)
Late/Upper Pliocene3.6 - 2.588USA (Florida) M. macgintyi (92361 92663) M. petuchi (79874) M. shilohensis, M. macgintyi (92441 92518 92659) M. textilis (35029) M. textilis, M. macgintyi (92440 92442 92664) M. textilis, M. shilohensis (92362) M. textilis, M. shilohensis, M. macgintyi (92344 92658) Subpterynotus miamiensis (79958)
Piacenzian3.6 - 2.588Panama (Bocas) M. sp. (135876)
Late/Upper Pliocene - Early/Lower Pleistocene3.6 - 0.781USA (Florida) M. macgintyi (92366) M. textilis, M. shilohensis, M. macgintyi (92693) Subpterynotus textilis (79804)
Early/Lower Pleistocene2.588 - 0.781USA (Florida) Murex macgintyi, Murex textilis (79331) M. macgintyi (92340 92341) M. shilohensis, M. macgintyi (92339) M. shilohensis, M. macgintyi, M. glypta (92335) M. textilis (92343) M. textilis, M. macgintyi (35025 92337 92342) M. textilis, M. macgintyi, M. glypta (92336) M. textilis, M. shilohensis (92656) M. textilis, M. shilohensis, M. macgintyi (92334 92338 92692)
Early/Lower Pleistocene2.588 - 0.781USA (South Carolina) M. shilohensis, M. macgintyi, M. petiti, M. glypta (92367)
Pleistocene2.588 - 0.0117Mexico (Baja California) Maxwellia santarosana (96593)
Pleistocene2.588 - 0.0117USA (Florida) M. textilis, M. macgintyi (92496 92498) M. textilis, M. shilohensis, M. macgintyi (92331) M. textilis, M. shilohensis, M. macgintyi, M. glypta (92332)
Middle Pleistocene0.774 - 0.129USA (California) Murex santarosanus (203113)
Middle Pleistocene0.774 - 0.129USA (Florida) M. graceae (67070 79740) M. macgintyi (61310)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117USA (California) Maxwellia santarosana (160361 223072)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117USA (Florida) M. glypta (92369 92370 92622 92623) M. glypta, M. graceae (92621)