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Poirieria (Flexopteron)

Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Muricidae

Taxonomy
Flexopteron was named by Shutton (1969) [Sepkoski's age data: T Eo-l T Plio-l]. It is extant. Its type is Flexopteron philippinensis.

It was reranked as Poirieria (Flexopteron) by Vokes (1970) and Pacaud and Le Renard (1995).

It was assigned to Poirieria by Vokes (1970) and Pacaud and Le Renard (1995); and to Neogastropoda by Sepkoski (2002).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1969Flexopteron Shutton p. 111
1970Poirieria (Flexopteron) Vokes p. 26
1995Poirieria (Flexopteron) Pacaud and Le Renard
2002Flexopteron Sepkoski

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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
subfamilyMuricinaeda Costa 1776
genusPoirieriaJousseaume 1880
subgenusFlexopteron(Shutton 1969)

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.

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 Bartonian to the top of the Late/Upper Pliocene or 41.30000 to 2.58800 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 38.0 Ma

Collections (9 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Early/Lower Eocene - Middle Eocene55.8 - 37.2United Kingdom (England) Hexaplex fraterculus (3257)
Bartonian41.3 - 38.0France Hexaplex spinulosus (78567)
Bartonian41.3 - 38.0France (Oise) Murex spinulosus (3494)
Priabonian38.0 - 33.9Italy Hexaplex spinulosus (78565)
Messinian - Zanclean7.246 - 3.6Dominican Republic Poirieria collatus (74969)
Zanclean5.333 - 3.6Dominican Republic Poirieria collatus (74961)
Late/Upper Pliocene3.6 - 2.588Jamaica Muricopsis collatus (58522) Poirieria collata (69093 131915)