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Eupleura thompsoni

Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Muricidae

Taxonomy
Eupleura thompsoni was named by Woodring (1959) [DISTRIBUTION: Late Miocene; Panama.]. Its type specimen is USNM 562587, a shell, and it is not a trace fossil.

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1959Eupleura thompsoni Woodring pp. 218-219 figs. pl. 36, figs. 6-9
1989Eupleura thompsoni Vokes p. 119

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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
subfamilyOcenebrinaeCossmann 1903
genusEupleuraAdams and Adams 1853
speciesthompsoniWoodring 1959

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.

Eupleura thompsoni Woodring 1959
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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: Hendy et al. 2009, Kiessling 2004

Age range: base of the Late/Upper Miocene to the top of the Tortonian or 11.60800 to 7.24600 Ma

Collections (25 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Tortonian11.62 - 7.246Panama (Colon) Eupleura thompsoni (142918 142932 145254)
Tortonian11.62 - 7.246Panama Eupleura thompsoni (52169 52170 52171 52172 52174 82116 82119 82122 82124 82126 82127 82128 82130 92444 92445 92597 92598 92599 92600 92601)
Late/Upper Miocene11.608 - 5.333Colombia Eupleura thompsoni (131220)
Late/Upper Miocene11.608 - 5.333Ecuador (Esmeraldas) Eupleura thompsoni (60662)