Murex (Haustellum) naricus Vredenburg 1925 (murex snail)

Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Muricidae

Full reference: 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

Belongs to Murex (Haustellum) according to M. W. A. Iqbal 1980

See also Vredenburg 1925

Sister taxa: Haustellum donmoorei, Haustellum haustellum, Haustellum mimiwilsoni, Haustellum polynematicus, Haustellum wilsoni, Murex (Haustellum) beyrichi, Murex (Haustellum) bonneti, Murex (Haustellum) pennae, Murex (Haustellum) tchihatcheffi

Type specimen: Unknown number, a shell

Ecology: epifaunal carnivore

Distribution:

• Oligocene of Pakistan (2 collections)

Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence

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