Scientific Classification
| Kingdom: Animalia |
| Phylum: Mollusca |
| Class: Gastropoda |
| Order: Neogastropoda |
| Family: Muricidae |
| Genus: Murexiella |
| Species: Murexiella shilohensis (Heilprin, 1888) |
Information
Geological Range
Paleogeographic Distribution
Stratigraphic Occurrences
| Caloosahatchee Formation [Common] |
| Waccamaw Formation [Questionable/rare] |
| Duplin Formation [Questionable/rare] |
| Jackson Bluff Formation [Uncommon] |
| Tamiami Formation (Pinecrest Beds) [Common] |
Remarks
Common name: n/a
Synonymy:
Previously listed as Favartia shilohensis on the Neogene Atlas of Ancient Life.
Synonymous with Murexiella shilohensis.
Type specimen, locality, and stratum: n/a
Other voucher specimens: n/a
Descriptions:
Original Description (from Heilprin, 1888, p. 404):
“Whorls about seven, angular, flattened on the shoulder, which is crossed diagonally by the variceal ridges; varices about eight on the body-whorl, sub-equal, spinosely elevated on the shoulder angulation, and crossed by four sub-equal revolving ridges, which appear double on the crests of the varices; only two such ridges on the whorls above the body-whorl.
Aperture somewhat more than half the length of shell, key-hole shaped, with the canal broadly deflected. Length nearly .75 inch.
A single specimen from Ayres’ pits, near Shiloh, in the possession of Miss Emma Walter, of Philadelphia”
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Measurements: n/a
Other remarks: n/a
References: n/a
Online resources: n/a
Page history:
Some of the content on this page was originally published on the Neogene Atlas of Ancient Life on July 23, 2014. It was developed by Jonathan R. Hendricks and colleagues and migrated here in 2026.
This page was last modified on October 28, 2026 by Jonathan R. Hendricks.
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