Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Muricidae
Alternative combinations: Aspella (Aspella) engonata, Trophon (Aspella) engonatus
Belongs to Dermomurex (Dermomurex) according to E. H. Vokes 1975
See also Olsson and Harbison 1953
Sister taxa: Dermomurex (Dermomurex) elizabethae, Dermomurex (Dermomurex) jani, Dermomurex (Dermomurex) matercula, Dermomurex (Dermomurex) pauperculus, Dermomurex (Dermomurex) scalaroides
Type specimen: USNM 113273, a shell. Its type locality is TU 539b - Shell Creek [Caloosahatchee Fm], which is in a Pleistocene coastal marl in the Caloosahatchee Formation of Florida.
Distribution:
• Quaternary of United States (12: Florida collections)
• Pliocene to Pleistocene of United States (3: Florida)
• Pliocene of United States (6: Florida)
Total: 21 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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