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Magilus antiquus

Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Muricidae

Taxonomy
Magilus antiquus was named by Montfort (1810) [DISTRIBUTION: Cenozoic-Recent; Indo-Pacific.]. It is extant.

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1810Magilus antiquus Montfort
1879Magilus antiquus Martin p. 77

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classGastropoda
subclassCaenogastropoda(Cox 1959)
Sorbeoconcha(Ponder and Lindberg 1997)
RankNameAuthor
Hypsogastropoda(Ponder and Lindberg 1997)
superorderLatrogastropodaRiedel 2000
orderNeogastropodaThiele 1929
superfamilyMuricoideade Costa 1776
familyMuricidaeRafinesque 1815
subfamilyCoralliophilinaeChenu 1859
familyMagilidaeThiele 1925
genusMagilusMonfort 1810
speciesantiquusMontfort 1810

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.

Magilus antiquus Montfort 1810
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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 Middle Miocene to the top of the Middle Pleistocene or 15.97000 to 0.12900 Ma

Collections (6 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Middle Miocene15.97 - 11.608Indonesia Magilus antiquus (70174)
Late/Upper Miocene11.608 - 5.333Indonesia Magilus antiquus (70098 70099)
Early/Lower Pleistocene2.588 - 0.781Japan (Okinawa) Magilus antiquus (42357 42360)
Middle Pleistocene0.774 - 0.129Egypt Magilus antiquus (120129)