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Latirus polygonus
Taxonomy
Murex polygonus was named by Gmelin (1791). It is extant.
It was recombined as Latirus polygonus by Vermeij and Snyder (2006).
It was recombined as Latirus polygonus by Vermeij and Snyder (2006).
Sister species lacking formal opinion data
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
|---|---|
| 1791 | Murex polygonus Gmelin |
| 2006 | Latirus polygonus Vermeij and Snyder |
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Latirus polygonus Gmelin 1791
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
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| References: Kiessling 2004, Hendy et al. 2009 | |||||
Age range: base of the Early/Lower Pleistocene to the top of the Late/Upper Pleistocene or 2.58800 to 0.01170 Ma
Collections (6 total)
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
|---|---|---|---|
| Early/Lower Pleistocene | Japan (Okinawa) | Latirus polygonus (42346) | |
| Pleistocene - Holocene | Yemen | Latirus polygonus (55380) | |
| Middle Pleistocene | Vanuatu | Latirus polygonus (78043) | |
| Late/Upper Pleistocene | Djibouti | Latirus polygonus (96787) | |
| Late/Upper Pleistocene | Saudi Arabia | Latirus polygonus (192720) | |
| Late/Upper Pleistocene | Japan (Ryukyu) | Latirus polygonus (41606) |