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Murexiella (Murexiella) petiti

Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Muricidae

Taxonomy
Murexiella (Murexiella) petiti was named by Vokes (1968). Its type specimen is USNM 645893, a shell, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is TU 558 - Crescent Beach [Waccamaw Fm], which is in a Pleistocene coastal siltstone in the Waccamaw Formation of South Carolina.

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1968Murexiella (Murexiella) petiti Vokes p. 116 figs. pl. 5, figs. 3a, b

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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
genusMurexiellaClench and Farfante 1945
subgenusMurexiellaClench and Farfante 1945
speciespetiti

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: Hendy et al. 2009, Kiessling 2004

Age range: Early/Lower Pleistocene or 2.58800 to 0.78100 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Early/Lower Pleistocene2.588 - 0.781USA (South Carolina) Murexiella petiti (type locality: 92367)