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Monoceros

Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Muricidae

Taxonomy
Monoceros was named by Lamarck (1809). It is extant.

It was reranked as Purpura (Monoceros) by Conrad (1837); it was reranked as Acanthina (Monoceros) by Conrad (1837); it was misspelled as Monoceras by Ashley (1895), Nomland (1917) and DeVries and Vermeij (1997).

It was assigned to Purpura by Conrad (1837); to Gastropoda by Ashley (1895); to Acanthina by Conrad (1837) and Nomland (1917); and to Muricidae by DeVries and Vermeij (1997).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1809Monoceros Lamarck
1837Acanthina (Monoceros) Conrad p. 264
1837Purpura (Monoceros) Conrad p. 265
1895Monoceras Ashley p. 343
1917Acanthina (Monoceras) Nomland p. 309
1997Monoceros DeVries and Vermeij p. 610

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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
genusMonocerosLamarck 1809

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. Monoceros Lamarck 1809
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†Monoceros vetusta Conrad 1833
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 Late/Upper Miocene to the top of the Pleistocene or 11.60800 to 0.01170 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 5.333 Ma

Collections (2 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Miocene11.608 - 5.333USA (California) Acanthina norna (216199)
Pliocene - Pleistocene5.333 - 0.0117Chile (Coquimbo) M. sp. (222357)