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Murotriton

Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Muricidae

Taxonomy
Murotriton is a genus. It is not extant.

It was assigned to Muricidae by Palmer and Brann (1966); and to Neogastropoda by Sepkoski (2002).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1966Murotriton Palmer and Brann p. 785
2002Murotriton 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
genusMurotriton

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.

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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: base of the Lutetian to the top of the Bartonian or 47.80000 to 38.00000 Ma

Collections (10 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Lutetian47.8 - 41.3USA (Texas) M. sp. (205440)
Bartonian41.3 - 38.0USA (South Carolina) M. mcglameriae (92308 92355)
Bartonian41.3 - 38.0USA (Mississippi) M. mcglameriae (90707 99736 99755) M. meglameriae (205508)
Bartonian41.3 - 38.0USA (Alabama) M. grassator (90600) M. mcglameriae (6788) M. sp. (205489)