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Chicoreus (Triplex) cornurectus

Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Muricidae

Taxonomy
Murex cornurectus was named by Guppy (1876). It is extant. Its type specimen is BMNH GG 20254, a shell.

It was recombined as Murex (Phyllonotus) cornurectus by Maury (1917) and Olsson (1922); it was synonymized subjectively with Murex (Chicoreus) brevifrons by Woodring (1959); it was recombined as Chicoreus (Chicoreus) cornurectus by Vokes (1965), Vokes (1974) and Vokes (1989); it was recombined as Chicoreus (Triplex) cornurectus by Landau and Marques da Silva (2010).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1876Murex cornurectus Guppy p. 521 fig. 28:4
1917Murex (Phyllonotus) cornurectus Maury p. 103
1922Murex (Phyllonotus) cornurectus Olsson p. 131
1965Chicoreus (Chicoreus) cornurectus Vokes p. 186
1974Chicoreus (Chicoreus) cornurectus Vokes p. 84
1989Chicoreus (Chicoreus) cornurectus Vokes p. 31
2010Chicoreus (Triplex) cornurectus Landau and Marques da Silva p. 62

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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
genusChicoreusMonfort 1810
subgenusTriplexPerry 1810
speciescornurectus(Guppy 1876)

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 Burdigalian to the top of the Piacenzian or 20.44000 to 2.58800 Ma

Collections (105 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Early/Lower Miocene23.03 - 15.97Brazil (Para) Chicoreus cornurectus (111196)
Early/Lower Miocene23.03 - 15.97Dominican Republic Chicoreus cornurectus (92450)
Miocene23.03 - 5.333Dominican Republic Chicoreus cornurectus (74913)
Burdigalian20.44 - 15.97USA (Florida) Chicoreus cornurectus (89576 92502 92503 92513 92551)
Burdigalian20.44 - 15.97Venezuela (Falcon) Murex brevifrons (60144)
Burdigalian20.44 - 15.97Venezuela (Falcón) Chicoreus cornurectus (96434)
Langhian15.97 - 13.82Colombia (La Guajira) Chicoreus cornurectus (136879 136880 136907 156524 156551 157828 157830 157858)
Langhian15.97 - 13.82Dominican Republic Chicoreus cornurectus (74959 131477)
Middle Miocene15.97 - 11.608Puerto Rico Chicoreus cornurectus (92452 131917)
Tortonian11.62 - 7.246Dominican Republic Chicoreus cornurectus (74912 74934 93644 94139 94141 99854 111205 131369 131370 131371 131377 131380 131464 131508 131509 131514 131516 131517) Murex cornurectus (58816 58817)
Late/Upper Miocene11.608 - 5.333Trinidad and Tobago Chicoreus cornurectus, Murex brevifrons (96514) Murex brevifrons (60637)
Late/Upper Miocene11.608 - 5.333Dominican Republic Chicoreus cornurectus (74914 74915) Murex cornurectus (58867 58869)
Messinian7.246 - 5.333Dominican Republic Chicoreus cornurectus (75041 75042 84952 84956 84960 84983 84984 93601 93710 93716 93996 94000 94005 94006 94094 94099 94104 131494 131498 131522 131567 131569 131645 131655 131656 131658 131675)
Messinian - Zanclean7.246 - 3.6Dominican Republic Chicoreus cornurectus (74966 74967 74971 75036 75037 75038 75039 75040 75043)
Early/Lower Pliocene5.333 - 3.6Costa Rica Murex cornurectus (134655)
Early/Lower Pliocene5.333 - 3.6Dominican Republic Chicoreus cornurectus (94007) Murex cornurectus (58815 58821 58823 58874)
Early/Lower Pliocene5.333 - 3.6Trinidad and Tobago Chicoreus cornurectus (96517) Murex brevifrons (60409 60644 60649 60653)
Zanclean5.333 - 3.6Dominican Republic Chicoreus cornurectus (74968 80084 80136 93733 93737 131639)
Pliocene5.333 - 2.588Costa Rica Murex cornurectus (134657 134678)
Late/Upper Pliocene3.6 - 2.588Venezuela Chicoreus cornurectus (79710)
Piacenzian3.6 - 2.588Costa Rica Murex cornurectus (134659)