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Murex (Murex)

Source Data
SourceIDLink
Global Biodiversity Information Facility ID (GBIF)Not linked to a GBIF record.
PaleoBioDB ID (PBDB)91072https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=91072
Ranksubgenus (PBDB)
Taxonomy (PBDB)Life : Animalia : Mollusca : Gastropoda : Neogastropoda : Muricidae : Murex : Murex (Murex)
Classification
(PBDB,GBIF)
RankNameAuthor
-Eukaryota
-OpisthokontaCavalier-Smith 1987
kingdomAnimalia
-Bilateria
-EubilateriaAx 1987
-ProtostomiaGrobben 1908
-Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMolluscaLinnaeus 1758
classGastropodaCuvier 1797
subclassProsobranchiaMilne-Edwards 1848
superorderCaenogastropodaCox 1959
orderNeogastropodaThiele 1929
superfamilyMuricoideade Costa 1776
familyMuricidaeRafinesque 1815
subfamilyMuricinaeda Costa 1776
genusMurexLinnaeus 1758
subgenusMurex (Murex)Linnaeus 1758
Opinions (PBDB)
NameRankOpinionEvidenceAuthor
Murex (Murex)subgenusbelongs to Murexstated with evidenceLinnaeus, 1758
Murex (Murex)subgenusbelongs to Murexstated without evidenceRobba et al., 1989
Status (PBDB)extant
Taxon Size (PBDB)10
Extant Size (PBDB)3 (30%)
First Recorded Appearance23.0 - 16.0 Ma
Miocene
Motilityactively mobile (based on Muricidae)
Visionlimited (based on Gastropoda)
Dietcarnivore (based on Muricidae)
Taphonomyaragonite (based on Gastropoda)
Primary Reference (PBDB)E. Robba, S. Sartono, and D. Violanti, E. Erba. 1989. Early Pleistocene gastropods from Timor. Memorie di Scienze Geologiche 31:61-113

Fossil Distribution

Subtaxa

NameStatusCommon Name(s)Fossil OccurrencesOldestYoungest
Murex (Acupurpura) verbeeki ✝
species		listed (PBDB)223.0 Ma
Miocene		11.6 Ma
Miocene
Murex (Murex) antillarum
species		listed (PBDB)12.59 Ma
Pleistocene		0 Ma
Extant
Murex (Murex) chipolanus ✝
species		listed (PBDB)923.0 Ma
Miocene		20.4 Ma
Miocene
Murex (Murex) djarianensis ✝
species		listed (PBDB)411.6 Ma
Miocene		5.33 Ma
Miocene
Murex (Murex) gilli ✝
species		listed (PBDB)1220.4 Ma
Miocene		5.33 Ma
Miocene
Murex (Murex) nicholsi ✝
species		listed (PBDB)520.4 Ma
Miocene		13.8 Ma
Miocene
Murex (Murex) quirosensis ✝
species		listed (PBDB)
Murex (Murex) toreia ✝
species		listed (PBDB)123.0 Ma
Miocene		23.0 Ma
Miocene
Murex (Murex) troscheli
species		listed (PBDB)45.33 Ma
Miocene		0 Ma
Extant

Synonymy List

YearName and Author
1758Murex (Murex) Linnaeus
1925Murex (Acupurpura) Vredenburg p. 218
1935Murex (Murex) Oostingh p. 64
1947Murex (Murex) Gardner p. 517
1977Murex (Murex) Ladd p. 37
1982Murex (Murex) Ladd p. 42
1987Murex (Murex) Perrilliat p. 16
1989Murex (Murex) Robba et al. p. 78
2002Acupurpura Sepkoski, Jr.

References

Robba E., Sartono S., et al (1989) Early Pleistocene gastropods from Timor, Memorie di Scienze Geologiche 31, 61-113
Vredenburg E. (1925) Description of Mollusca from the post-Eocene Tertiary formation of north-western India: Cephalopoda, Opisthobranchiata, Siphonostomata, Memoirs of the Geological Survey of India 50 1, 1-350
Oostingh C. H. (1935) Die Mollusken des Pliozäns von Boemiajoe (Java), Dienst van den Mijnbouw in Nederlandsch-Indië Wetenschappelijke Mededeelingen 26, 1-247
Gardner J. R. (1947) The Molluscan Fauna of the Alum Bluff Group of Florida, United States Geological Survey Professional Paper 142A-H, 1-709
Ladd H. S. (1977) Cenozoic fossil mollusks from Western Pacific Islands; Gastropods (Eratoidae through Harpidae), United States Geological Survey Professional Paper 533, 1-84
Ladd H. S. (1982) Cenozoic fossil mollusks from Western Pacific Islands; Gastropods (Volutidae through Terebridae), United States Geological Survey Professional Paper 1171, 1-100
Perrilliat M.C. (1987) Gasteropodos y un cefalopodo de la formacion Ferrotepec (Mioceno Medio) de Michoacan, Paleontologia Mexicana 52, 1-58
Sepkoski, Jr. J. J. (2002) A compendium of fossil marine animal genera, Bulletins of American Paleontology 363, 1-560
Data courtesy of: PBDB: The Paleobiology Database, Creative Commons CC-BY licenced. , GBIF: the Global Biodiversity Information Facility, various licences, iDigBio, various licences, and EOL: The Encyclopedia of Life (Open Data Public Domain). Because fossils are made of minerals too!
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