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Hexaplex (Hexaplex) veatchi

Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Muricidae

Taxonomy
Murex veatchi was named by Maury (1910). 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 Urosalpinx veatchi by Gardner (1947); it was recombined as Hexaplex (Hexaplex) veatchi by Vokes (1968).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1910Murex veatchi Maury
1947Urosalpinx veatchi Gardner p. 532
1968Hexaplex (Hexaplex) veatchi Vokes p. 101

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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
genusHexaplexPerry 1811
subgenusHexaplexPerry 1810
speciesveatchi(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: base of the Chattian to the top of the Burdigalian or 28.10000 to 15.97000 Ma

Collections (17 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Chattian - Aquitanian28.1 - 20.44USA (Florida) Hexaplex veatchi (111194)
Burdigalian20.44 - 15.97USA (Florida) Hexaplex veatchi (89574 89575 91536 92379 92458 92459 92460 type locality: 92505 92548 92549 92550 92551 92552 92553 92554 92556)