Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Muricidae
Alternative combinations: Murex muricatus, Trophon muricatum
Full reference: G. Montagu. 1803. Testacea Britannica
Belongs to Trophon according to A. J. W. Hendy 2007
See also Wood 1848 and Wood 1882
Sister taxa: Trophon (Sipho), Trophon (Trophon), Trophon alta, Trophon alveolatum, Trophon anceps, Trophon calamitus, Trophon carringtoni, Trophon consociale, Trophon daviesi, Trophon dickersoni, Trophon disparoides, Trophon elegans, Trophon geversianum, Trophon gracilius, Trophon hypsellus, Trophon icosiphyllus, Trophon imperspicuum, Trophon isthmicus, Trophon kroteri, Trophon lawsoni, Trophon macharei, Trophon magister, Trophon mangelioides, Trophon monotropis, Trophon muriciformis, Trophon pallidus, Trophon patagonicus, Trophon paululum, Trophon perelegans, Trophon progne, Trophon pseudoturtoni, Trophon santacrucensis, Trophon torquatus, Trophon truncatus
Ecology: epifaunal carnivore
Distribution:
• Pliocene of Belgium (2 collections), the United Kingdom (3)
Total: 5 collections each including a single occurrence
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