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Volema (Hemifusus) ternatanus

Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Melongenidae

Taxonomy
Murex ternatanus was named by Gmelin (1791). It is extant.

It was recombined as Hemifusus (Hemifusus) ternatanus by Oostingh (1935); it was recombined as Hemifusus ternatanus by Dheeradilok et al. (1984); it was recombined as Volema (Hemifusus) ternatanus by Rosenberg et al. (2006).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
Hemifusus supramoerchi, V. hopkinsi

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1791Murex ternatanus Gmelin
1935Hemifusus (Hemifusus) ternatanus Oostingh p. 86
1984Hemifusus ternatanus Dheeradilok et al.
2006Volema (Hemifusus) ternatanus Rosenberg et al.

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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
superfamilyBuccinoidea(Rafinesque 1815)
familyMelongenidaeGill 1867
genusVolemaRöding 1798
subgenusHemifusus(Swainson 1840)
speciesternatanus(Gmelin 1791)

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 08:20:52
Modified: 2009-09-10 10:20:52
Source: f = family, c = class
References: Hendy et al. 2009, Kiessling 2004

Age range: base of the Pliocene to the top of the Holocene or 5.33300 to 0.00000 Ma

Collections (7 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Pliocene5.333 - 2.588Indonesia Hemifusus ternatanus (84521)
Pliocene - Pleistocene5.333 - 0.0117Malaysia Hemifusus ternatanus (72096)
Early/Lower Pleistocene2.588 - 0.781Taiwan Hemifusus ternatanus (96273 96276)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Japan Hemifusus ternatanus (96943 96944)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Thailand Hemifusus ternatanus (67930)