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Hexaplex (Hexaplex) vanuxemi

Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Muricidae

Taxonomy
Murex vanuxemi was named by Conrad (1865) [NOMENCLATURE: Murex vanuxemi Conrad 1834 is nomen nudum. COMMENTS: m. kosnik taxon no: 6991]. Its type specimen is ANSP 13756, a shell, and it is a 3D body fossil.

It was recombined as Hexaplex (Paziella) vanuxemi by Glibert (1963); it was recombined as Hexaplex (Hexaplex) vanuxemi by Vokes (1968).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1865Murex vanuxemi Conrad p. 210 figs. pl. 20, fig. 4
1937Murex vanuxemi Palmer p. 263
1947Murex vanuxemi Harris and Palmer p. 338
1963Hexaplex (Paziella) vanuxemi Glibert p. 9
1968Hexaplex (Hexaplex) vanuxemi Vokes p. 94

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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
superfamilyMuricoideade Costa 1776
familyMuricidaeRafinesque 1815
genusHexaplexPerry 1811
subgenusHexaplexPerry 1810
speciesvanuxemi(Conrad 1865)

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 08:22:24
Modified: 2009-09-10 10:22:24
Source: f = family, c = class
References: Kiessling 2004, Hendy et al. 2009

Age range: base of the Lutetian to the top of the Bartonian or 48.07000 to 37.71000 Ma

Collections (36 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Lutetian48.07 - 41.03USA (Texas) Hexaplex vanuxemi (90455)
Lutetian48.07 - 41.03USA (Mississippi) Hexaplex vanuxemi (92687 92688 92689 92690) Murex vanuxemi (2415)
Bartonian41.03 - 37.71USA (Texas) Hexaplex vanuxemi (205266 205271 205461 205484 205515 205531) Murex vanuxemi (7438 205480) Murex vanuxemi, Hexaplex vanuxemi (205410)
Bartonian41.03 - 37.71USA (Alabama) Hexaplex vanuxemi (90600 92698) Murex vanuxemi (2416 2422 2423 2441 2453 2454 205489)
Bartonian41.03 - 37.71USA (Mississippi) Hexaplex vanuxemi (90707 90709 91050 99734 99735 99736 99754 99755 99756 205508) Murex vanuxemi (2437 2449)