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Murex (Murex) toreia
Taxonomy
Murex toreia was named by Maury (1925). Its type specimen is No number, a shell, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Rio Pirabas (Maury coll.), which is in a Miocene shallow subtidal limestone/limestone in the Pirabas Formation of Brazil.
It was recombined as Murex (Murex) toreia by Vokes (1963).
It was recombined as Murex (Murex) toreia by Vokes (1963).
Sister species lacking formal opinion data
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1925 | Murex toreia Maury p. 145 figs. pl. 6, fig. 11 |
| 1963 | Murex (Murex) toreia Vokes p. 102 |
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†Murex (Murex) toreia Maury 1925
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
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| References: Hendy et al. 2009, Kiessling 2004 | |||||
Age range: Early/Lower Miocene or 23.03000 to 15.97000 Ma
Collections: one only
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
|---|---|---|---|
| Early/Lower Miocene | Brazil (Para) | Murex toreia (type locality: 60979) |