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Murexiella cumberlandiana

Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Muricidae

Taxonomy
Cantharus cumberlandiana was named by Gabb (1860).

It was recombined as Coralliophila cumberlandiana by Martin (1904) and Richards (1943); it was recombined as Murexiella cumberlandiana by Ward (1998).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1860Cantharus cumberlandiana Gabb p. 375
1904Coralliophila cumberlandiana Martin p. 211
1943Coralliophila cumberlandiana Richards p. 523
1998Murexiella cumberlandiana Ward p. 73

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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
genusMurexiellaClench and Farfante 1945
speciescumberlandiana(Gabb 1860)

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 (5 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Early/Lower Miocene23.03 - 15.97USA (New Jersey) Coralliophila cumberlandiana (59335 59336 59720 59722)
Burdigalian20.44 - 15.97USA (Delaware) Murexiella cumberlandiana (18579)