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Muricacea

Gastropoda

Taxonomy
Muricacea was named by de Costa (1776) [m. kosnik taxon no: 10231].

It was synonymized objectively with Muricoidea by Kosnik (2002).

It was assigned to Stenoglossa by Sohl (1964); to Gymnoglossa by Ward and Blackwelder (1987); to Neogastropoda by Adegoke (1977), Hickman (1980), Squires (1984) and Saul (1988); and to Caenogastropoda by Petuch (1992).

Subtaxa

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1776Muricacea de Costa
1964Muricacea Sohl p. 370
1977Muricacea Adegoke p. 212
1980Muricacea Hickman p. 50
1984Muricacea Squires p. 30
1987Muricacea Ward and Blackwelder p. 132
1988Muricacea Saul p. 880
1992Muricacea Petuch p. 68

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
RankNameAuthor
phylumMollusca
classGastropoda
Ptenoglossa(Gray 1853)
suborderGymnoglossa
superfamilyMuricaceade Costa 1776
superfamilyMuricaceade Costa 1776

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.

Superfm. †Muricacea de Costa 1776
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G. †Peonza Olivera 1994
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Peonza benjamina Olivera 1994
Peonza torquata Olivera 1994
Fm. Thaididae Röding 1798
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G. Drupa Röding 1798
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Subg. Drupa (Cronia) Adams and A. 1853
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Cronia aurantiaca Hombron 1835
Subg. Drupa (Drupa) Röding 1798
Invalid names: Ricinella Schumacher 1817 [synonym], Ricinula Lamarck 1816 [synonym], Sistrum Montfort 1810 [synonym]
G. Drupella Thiele 1925
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Drupella margariticola Broderip 1833
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: aragonitec
Locomotion: actively mobileo
Life habit: epifaunalo
Diet: carnivoreo
Vision: limitedc
Created: 2009-09-10 08:30:25
Modified: 2009-09-10 10:30:25
Source: o = order, c = class
References: Hendy et al. 2009, Kiessling 2004

Age range

Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Danian to the top of the Late/Upper Pleistocene or 66.00000 to 0.01170 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 61.6 Ma

Collections (56 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Danian66.0 - 61.6Belgium Drupa laevis (22931)
Late/Upper Paleocene58.7 - 55.8Mexico (Baja California) Thaididae indet. (220401)
Lutetian47.8 - 41.3Indonesia (Central Java) Ricinula puruensis (179075)
Late/Upper Oligocene - Early/Lower Miocene28.4 - 15.97Argentina (Santa Cruz) Peonza torquata (48068)
Chattian28.1 - 23.03Argentina (Tierra del Fuego) Peonza sp. (205720)
Chattian28.1 - 23.03Argentina (Santa Cruz) Peonza torquata (205658)
Early/Lower Miocene23.03 - 15.97Argentina Peonza torquata (71404 71429)
Early/Lower Miocene23.03 - 15.97Chile Peonza benjamina (79035 79036) Peonza torquata (78425)
Burdigalian20.44 - 15.97Chile Peonza benjamina (205719)
Late/Upper Miocene11.608 - 5.333Costa Rica Sistrum nodulosum (134672)
Late/Upper Miocene11.608 - 5.333Indonesia (Kalimantan) Drupa concatenata (42289)
Late/Upper Miocene11.608 - 5.333Marshall Islands Drupa fiscella (77984)
Early/Lower Pliocene5.333 - 3.6Indonesia (Java) Drupa rhombiformis (45344)
Early/Lower Pliocene5.333 - 3.6Northern Mariana Islands Drupa fiscella (77940)
Pliocene5.333 - 2.588Vanuatu Drupa fiscella (78049)
Pliocene5.333 - 2.588Costa Rica Sistrum nodulosum (134657)
Pliocene - Pleistocene5.333 - 0.0117Guam Drupa ricinus (77937)
Late/Upper Pliocene3.6 - 2.588Indonesia (East Java) Drupella concatenata (96669)
Pleistocene2.588 - 0.0117Sudan Ricinula ochrostoma (101414)
Pleistocene2.588 - 0.0117Mozambique Drupa ricina, Drupa granulata, Drupa squamosa (122947)
Pleistocene2.588 - 0.0117Namibia (Erongo) Thais squamosa (124051)
Pleistocene2.588 - 0.0117Namibia Thais squamosa (122932)
Pleistocene2.588 - 0.0117Namibia (Karas) Thais squamosa (124048)
Pleistocene2.588 - 0.0117South Africa Thais squamosa (122933 122936 122937 122945)
Pleistocene2.588 - 0.0117Eritrea Ricinula ochrostoma (101415)
Pleistocene2.588 - 0.0117Vanuatu Ricinula chaidea, Ricinula concatenata (77906)
Middle Pleistocene0.781 - 0.126USA (Hawaii) Drupa ricina, Drupa rubusidaeus (96682)
Middle Pleistocene0.781 - 0.126Vanuatu Drupella cornus (78043)
Middle Pleistocene - Late/Upper Pleistocene0.781 - 0.0117USA (Hawaii) Drupa albolabris, Drupa morum (89294) Drupa morum (89302)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.126 - 0.0117Japan Drupa biconica (96945)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.126 - 0.0117Djibouti Ricinula ochrostoma (96787)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.126 - 0.0117Seychelles Drupella cornus (80966 81007 81008 81009 81011)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.126 - 0.0117Australia (Western Australia) Drupa avellana (63355) Drupa ricinus, Drupella cornus (63356) Drupa sp. (63319 96708)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.126 - 0.0117French Polynesia Drupella margariticola (194003)
Late/Upper Pleistocene (interglacial)0.126 - 0.0117Kenya Drupa rubusidaeus, Drupella sp. (81077) Drupella sp. (81079 81081 81089)
Late/Upper Pleistocene (interglacial)0.126 - 0.0117USA (Hawaii) Drupa albolabris (89290) Drupa albolabris, Drupa morum, Drupa rubusidaeus (89402) Drupa morum (89292) Drupa morum, Drupa rubusidaeus (89289)