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Poirieria (Panamurex) lychnia

Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Muricidae

Taxonomy
Paziella (Dallimurex) lychnia was named by Gardner (1947). Its type specimen is USNM 371853, a shell, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is USGS Loc. 2213 - Baileys Ferry, which is in a Burdigalian marine marl/sandstone in the Chipola Formation of Florida.

It was recombined as Poirieria (Panamurex) lychnia by Vokes (1970).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
P. primigena, P. cretacea

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1947Paziella (Dallimurex) lychnia Gardner p. 523 figs. pl. 53, figs. 12, 13
1959Paziella (Dallimurex) lychnia Woodring p. 217
1970Poirieria (Panamurex) lychnia Vokes p. 35

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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()
specieslychnia(Gardner 1947)

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: Kiessling 2004, Hendy et al. 2009

Age range: Burdigalian or 20.44000 to 15.97000 Ma

Collections (9 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Burdigalian20.44 - 15.97USA (Florida) Paziella lychnia (type locality: 41760 42290 42328) Poirieria lychnia (89575 92457 92460 92505 92546 92554)