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Dermomurex (Viator) vaughani

Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Muricidae

Taxonomy
Murex vaughani was named by Maury (1910). Its type specimen is PRI 3461, a shell, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is TU 554 - Chipola River, which is in a Burdigalian marine marl/sandstone in the Chipola Formation of Florida.

It was recombined as Murex (Murex) vaughani by Vokes (1963); it was recombined as Dermomurex (Viator) vaughani by Vokes (1975).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1910Murex vaughani Maury p. 143 figs. pl. 23, fig. 6
1963Murex (Murex) vaughani Vokes p. 102
1975Dermomurex (Viator) vaughani Vokes p. 153

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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
genusDermomurexMonterosato 1890
subgenusViatorVokes 1974
speciesvaughani(Maury 1910)

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 (14 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Burdigalian20.44 - 15.97USA (Florida) Dermomurex vaughani (89574 89575 89576 91536 92458 92461 type locality: 92505 92549 92554 92556 92563 92564 92567) Murex vaughani, Dermomurex vaughani (92459)