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Muricopsis
Taxonomy
Muricopsis was named by Bucquoy et al. (1882) [Sepkoski's age data: T Than R Sepkoski's reference number: 914]. It is extant.
It was reranked as Murex (Muricopsis) by Harris (1897).
It was assigned to Murex by Harris (1897); to Tritonaliinae by Givens and Kennedy (1976); to Muricopsinae by Wilson (1994); to Neogastropoda by Sepkoski (2002); and to Muricidae by Gardner (1947), Todd (2001) and Landau et al. (2007).
It was reranked as Murex (Muricopsis) by Harris (1897).
It was assigned to Murex by Harris (1897); to Tritonaliinae by Givens and Kennedy (1976); to Muricopsinae by Wilson (1994); to Neogastropoda by Sepkoski (2002); and to Muricidae by Gardner (1947), Todd (2001) and Landau et al. (2007).
Species
Species lacking formal opinion data
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
|---|---|
| 1882 | Muricopsis Bucquoy et al. |
| 1897 | Murex (Muricopsis) Harris |
| 1947 | Muricopsis Gardner p. 529 |
| 1976 | Muricopsis Givens and Kennedy p. 969 |
| 1994 | Muricopsis Wilson p. 39 |
| 2001 | Muricopsis Todd |
| 2002 | Muricopsis Sepkoski |
| 2007 | Muricopsis Landau et al. p. 42 |
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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. Muricopsis Bucquoy et al. 1882
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Subg. Muricopsis (Muricopsis) Bucquoy et al. 1882
Subg. †Muricopsis (Risomurex) Olsson and McGinty 1958
†Muricopsis bulbosinucleus Eames 1952
†Muricopsis exhexagonus Vredenburg 1925
†Muricopsis peregra Beyrich 1854
†Muricopsis vistaensis Givens and Kennedy 1976
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 Danian to the top of the Late/Upper Pleistocene or 66.00000 to 0.01170 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 61.6 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 61.6 Ma
Collections (53 total)
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
|---|---|---|---|
| Danian | Greenland | M. sp. (22943) | |
| Ypresian | USA (California) | M. whitneyi (122294) Nyctilochus whitneyi (122337) Tritonium whitneyi, Nyctilochus whitneyi (200271) | |
| Eocene | USA (California) | Murex sopenahensis (207112) Tritonium whitneyi (190801) | |
| Lutetian | USA (California) | Murex whitneyi (194413 194416) M. vistaensis (200657) | |
| Lutetian | Indonesia (Central Java) | M. buxtorfi (179075) M. deningeri (179074) | |
| Middle Eocene | USA (California) | Murex beali (194184) M. whitneyi (194433) | |
| Bartonian | Pakistan | M. bulbosinucleus (183853) | |
| Rupelian | Germany (Baden-Württemberg) | M. sp. (68021) | |
| Rupelian | Germany | M. peregra (95898) | |
| Chattian | Denmark | M. peregra (111472 111475) | |
| Aquitanian | France | M. crassicosta (74861) | |
| Early/Lower Miocene | Pakistan | M. exhexagonus (77164 77172) | |
| Burdigalian | India (Gujarat) | M. exhexagonus (179086) | |
| Langhian | Dominican Republic | M. praepauxillus (93796) | |
| Badenian | Romania | M. cristata (86875) | |
| Badenian | Poland (Holy Cross Mountains) | M. eristata (38823) | |
| Badenian | Austria | M. cristata (74650 74653) | |
| Messinian | Spain | M. sp. (56687) | |
| Messinian | Dominican Republic | M. praepauxillus (94005 131522) | |
| Messinian - Zanclean | Dominican Republic | M. quisqueyensis (74967) | |
| Early/Lower Pliocene | Trinidad and Tobago | Risomurex galbensis (60409 60649 60650 60654 60655 60659) | |
| Early/Lower Pliocene | Ecuador (Esmeraldas) | M. oxytata (42226) | |
| Zanclean | Dominican Republic | M. praepauxillus, M. quisqueyensis (80136) | |
| Pliocene | India | M. diarti (77658) | |
| Pliocene | USA (Florida) | M. lyonsi (146873) | |
| Late/Upper Pliocene | Venezuela | M. gilbertharrisi (131218 131363) M. oxytatus, Risomurex gilbertharrisi (131210) | |
| Late/Upper Pliocene | Jamaica | M. sp. (58522) | |
| Piacenzian | Italy (Emilia-Romagna) | M. aradasii, M. cristata, M. turrita (178117) | |
| Piacenzian | Spain | M. alternicosta (80558 80561 80563) M. cristata (80562) | |
| Early/Lower Pleistocene | Italy | M. cristata, M. diadema (78312) | |
| Late/Upper Pleistocene | Ecuador | M. dubia (96867) | |
| Late/Upper Pleistocene | Saudi Arabia | M. cristata (192720) |