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Muricanthus hertweckorum Petuch, 1988 †
1596387 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:1596387)
accepted
Species
Hexaplex (Muricanthus) hertweckorum (Petuch, 1988) † · unaccepted
Hexaplex jameshoubricki Petuch, 1994 † · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
marine
fossil only
Petuch, E. J. (1988). A new giant <i>Muricanthus</i> from the Pliocene of South Florida, U.S.A. <em>Bulletin of Paleomalacology.</em> 1(1): 17-21.
page(s): 18, pl. 3 figs 1-3 [details]
page(s): 18, pl. 3 figs 1-3 [details]
Type locality contained in Florida
type locality contained in Florida [details]
Etymology Named after Mr Charles Hertweck and Mrs Violet Hertweck, of Venice, Florida, who collected the holotype at Sarasota.
Etymology Named after Mr Charles Hertweck and Mrs Violet Hertweck, of Venice, Florida, who collected the holotype at Sarasota. [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Muricanthus hertweckorum Petuch, 1988 †. Accessed at: https://molluscabase.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1596387 on 2025-09-10
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original description
Petuch, E. J. (1988). A new giant <i>Muricanthus</i> from the Pliocene of South Florida, U.S.A. <em>Bulletin of Paleomalacology.</em> 1(1): 17-21.
page(s): 18, pl. 3 figs 1-3 [details]
original description (of Hexaplex jameshoubricki Petuch, 1994 †) Petuch, E. J. (1994). <i>Atlas of Florida Fossil Shells</i>. Evanston, Illinois: Chicago Spectrum Press. 394 pp., 20 figs., 100 pls.
page(s): 275, pl. 40 fig. L [details] Available for editors
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additional source Petuch, E. J. (1991). New gastropods from the Plio-Pleistocene of Southwestern Florida and The Everglades Basin. <em>W. H. Dall Paleontological Research Center, Special Publication.</em> 1: 1-63, pls 1-10.
page(s): pl. 4 figs 1-2 [details]
page(s): 18, pl. 3 figs 1-3 [details]
original description (of Hexaplex jameshoubricki Petuch, 1994 †) Petuch, E. J. (1994). <i>Atlas of Florida Fossil Shells</i>. Evanston, Illinois: Chicago Spectrum Press. 394 pp., 20 figs., 100 pls.
page(s): 275, pl. 40 fig. L [details] Available for editors
[request]additional source Petuch, E. J. (1991). New gastropods from the Plio-Pleistocene of Southwestern Florida and The Everglades Basin. <em>W. H. Dall Paleontological Research Center, Special Publication.</em> 1: 1-63, pls 1-10.
page(s): pl. 4 figs 1-2 [details]
Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
From editor or global species database
Etymology Named after Mr Charles Hertweck and Mrs Violet Hertweck, of Venice, Florida, who collected the holotype at Sarasota. [details]
