Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Muricidae
Alternative combination: Murex (Pteronotus) burnsii
Belongs to Pterynotus (Pterynotus) according to E. H. Vokes 1970
Sister taxa: Pterynotus (Pterynotus) bushae, Pterynotus (Pterynotus) crenulatus, Pterynotus (Pterynotus) havanensis, Pterynotus (Pterynotus) hoerlei, Pterynotus (Pterynotus) matthewsensis, Pterynotus (Pterynotus) micropterus, Pterynotus (Pterynotus) phaneus, Pterynotus (Pterynotus) pinnatus, Pterynotus (Pterynotus) posti, Pterynotus (Pterynotus) propeposti, Pterynotus (Pterynotus) rufirupicolus, Pterynotus (Pterynotus) sabinola, Pterynotus (Pterynotus) stenzeli, Pterynotus (Pterynotus) washingtonicus, Pterynotus (Pterynotus) weisbordi
Type specimen: USNM 135155, a shell
Ecology: epifaunal carnivore
Distribution: found only at MGS #37 (Oligocene of Mississippi)
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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