Murex (Murex) troscheli

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Source Data

Source	ID	Link
Global Biodiversity Information Facility ID (GBIF)	Not linked to a GBIF record.
PaleoBioDB ID (PBDB)	91073	https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=91073

Rank

species (PBDB)

Taxonomy (PBDB)

Life : Animalia : Mollusca : Gastropoda : Neogastropoda : Muricidae : Murex : Murex (Murex) troscheli

Classification
(PBDB,GBIF)

Rank	Name	Author
-	Eukaryota
-	Opisthokonta	Cavalier-Smith 1987
kingdom	Animalia
-	Bilateria
-	Eubilateria	Ax 1987
-	Protostomia	Grobben 1908
-	Spiralia
superphylum	Lophotrochozoa
phylum	Mollusca	Linnaeus 1758
class	Gastropoda	Cuvier 1797
subclass	Prosobranchia	Milne-Edwards 1848
superorder	Caenogastropoda	Cox 1959
order	Neogastropoda	Thiele 1929
superfamily	Muricoidea	de Costa 1776
family	Muricidae	Rafinesque 1815
subfamily	Muricinae	da Costa 1776
genus	Murex	Linnaeus 1758
subgenus	Murex (Murex)	Linnaeus 1758
species	Murex (Murex) troscheli	(Liscke 1868)

Opinions (PBDB)

Name	Rank	Opinion	Evidence	Author
Murex (Murex) troscheli	species	belongs to Murex	stated with evidence	Liscke, 1868
Murex (Murex) troscheli	species	belongs to Murex (Acupurpura)	stated with evidence	Vredenburg, 1925
Murex (Murex) troscheli	species	belongs to Murex	stated with evidence	Van Regteren Altena, 1950
Murex (Murex) troscheli	species	belongs to Murex (Murex)	stated with evidence	Shuto, 1969

Status (PBDB)

extant

Taxon Size (PBDB)

Extant Size (PBDB)

1 (100%)

First Recorded Appearance

5.33 - 3.60 Ma
Neogene

Motility

actively mobile (based on Muricidae)

Vision

limited (based on Gastropoda)

Diet

carnivore (based on Muricidae)

Taphonomy

aragonite (based on Gastropoda)

Primary Reference (PBDB)

E. Vredenburg. 1925. Description of Mollusca from the post-Eocene Tertiary formation of north-western India: Cephalopoda, Opisthobranchiata, Siphonostomata. Memoirs of the Geological Survey of India 50(1):1-350

Synonymy List

Year	Name and Author
1868	Murex troscheli Liscke
1925	Murex (Acupurpura) troscheli Vredenburg p. 219
1950	Murex troscheli Van Regteren Altena p. 209
1969	Murex (Murex) troscheli Shuto p. 102
1989	Murex (Murex) troscheli Robba et al. p. 78

References

Vredenburg E. (1925) Description of Mollusca from the post-Eocene Tertiary formation of north-western India: Cephalopoda, Opisthobranchiata, Siphonostomata, Memoirs of the Geological Survey of India 50 1, 1-350

Robba E., Sartono S., et al (1989) Early Pleistocene gastropods from Timor, Memorie di Scienze Geologiche 31, 61-113

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