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Poirieria (Panamurex) heilprini

Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Muricidae

Taxonomy
Muricopsis heilprini was named by Cossmann (1903). Its type specimen is Wagner Free Inst. Sci. 870, a shell, and it is a 3D body fossil.

It was recombined as Muricidea heilprini by Dall (1915); it was recombined as Poirieria (Panamurex) heilprini by Vokes (1970).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1903Muricopsis heilprini Cossmann p. 34
1915Muricidea heilprini Dall p. 76
1970Poirieria (Panamurex) heilprini Vokes p. 30

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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
subfamilyMuricinaeda Costa 1776
genusPoirieriaJousseaume 1880
subgenusPanamurex()
speciesheilprini(Cossmann 1903)

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: Hendy et al. 2009, Kiessling 2004

Age range: base of the Chattian to the top of the Aquitanian or 28.10000 to 20.44000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Chattian - Aquitanian28.1 - 20.44USA (Florida) Muricidea heilprini (60985)