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Rank | species |
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Taxonomy (GBIF) | Life : Animalia : Mollusca : Gastropoda : Neogastropoda : Muricidae : Murex : Murex torturosus |
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Taxonomy (PBDB) | Life : Animalia : Mollusca : Gastropoda : Neogastropoda : Muricidae : Murex : Murex torturosus |
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Taxonomic Status (GBIF) | accepted |
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Classification (PBDB,GBIF) | |
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Generic Name | Murex |
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Scientific Name | Murex torturosus Sowerby, 1823 |
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Opinions (PBDB) | Name | Rank | Opinion | Evidence | Author |
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Murex torturosus | species | belongs to Murex | stated with evidence | Sowerby, 1823 |
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Status (PBDB) | extinct |
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Taxon Size (PBDB) | 1 |
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First Recorded Appearance | 5.33 - 3.60 Ma Neogene |
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Last Recorded Appearance | 3.60 - 2.59 Ma Cenozoic |
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Motility | actively mobile (based on Muricidae) |
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Vision | limited (based on Gastropoda) |
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Diet | carnivore (based on Muricidae) |
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Taphonomy | aragonite (based on Gastropoda) |
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Primary Reference (PBDB) | S. V. Wood. 1848. A monograph of the Crag Mollusca or, descriptions of shells from the middle and upper Tertiaries of the East of England. Part 1. Univalves |
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