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Murex asteriscus

Source Data
SourceIDLink
Global Biodiversity Information Facility ID (GBIF)5934688https://www.gbif.org/species/5934688
PaleoBioDB ID (PBDB)101683https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=101683
Rankspecies
Taxonomy (GBIF)Life : Animalia : Mollusca : Gastropoda : Neogastropoda : Muricidae : Murex : Murex asteriscus
Taxonomy (PBDB)Life : Animalia : Mollusca : Gastropoda : Neogastropoda : Muricidae : Murex : Murex asteriscus
Taxonomic Status (GBIF)accepted
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
speciesMurex asteriscusTate 1888
Generic NameMurex
Scientific NameMurex asteriscus (Tate, 1888)
Opinions (PBDB)
NameRankOpinionEvidenceAuthor
Murex asteriscusspeciesbelongs to Murex (Rhinocantha)stated without evidenceTate, 1888
Murex asteriscusspeciesbelongs to Murexstated with evidenceDarragh, 1970
Status (PBDB)extinct
Taxon Size (PBDB)1
First Recorded Appearance16.0 - 11.6 Ma
Miocene
Last Recorded Appearance16.0 - 11.6 Ma
Miocene
Motilityactively mobile (based on Muricidae)
Visionlimited (based on Gastropoda)
Dietcarnivore (based on Muricidae)
Taphonomyaragonite (based on Gastropoda)
Primary Reference (PBDB)R. Tate. 1888. The gastropods of the older Tertiary of Australia (Part 1). Transactions and Proceedings of the Royal Society of Australia 10:91-171

Fossil Distribution

Synonymy List

YearName and Author
1888Murex (Rhinocantha) asteriscus Tate p. 102 figs. pl. 2, fig. 10
1970Murex asteriscus Darragh p. 156

References

Tate R. The gastropods of the older Tertiary of Australia (Part 1), Transactions and Proceedings of the Royal Society of Australia 10, 91-171
Darragh T. A. (1970) Catalogue of Australian Tertiary Mollusca (except chitons), Memoirs of the National Museum of Victoria 31, 125-212
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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