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Poirieria (Panamurex) clarksvillensis

Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Muricidae

Taxonomy
Muricidea clarksvillensis was named by Mansfield (1937). Its type specimen is USNM 496424, a shell, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is TU 73 - "Dripping Springs" [Jackson Bluff Fm], which is in a Pliocene coastal sandstone in the Jackson Bluff Formation of Florida.

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

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1937Muricidea clarksvillensis Mansfield p. 610 figs. pl. 85, fig. 6
1970Poirieria (Panamurex) clarksvillensis Vokes p. 43

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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()
speciesclarksvillensis(Mansfield 1937)

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: Late/Upper Pliocene or 3.60000 to 2.58800 Ma

Collections (4 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Pliocene3.6 - 2.588USA (Florida) Poirieria clarksvillensis (92362 92440 92510 type locality: 92576)