Poirieria (Panamurex) phagon Gardner 1947 (murex snail)

Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Muricidae

Alternative combination: Urosalpinx phagon

Belongs to Poirieria (Panamurex) according to E. H. Vokes 1970

Sister taxa: Poirieria (Panamurex) alaquaensis, Poirieria (Panamurex) carnicolor, Poirieria (Panamurex) clarksvillensis, Poirieria (Panamurex) dubitalis, Poirieria (Panamurex) eugeniae, Poirieria (Panamurex) fusinoides, Poirieria (Panamurex) gabbi, Poirieria (Panamurex) gatunensis, Poirieria (Panamurex) heilprini, Poirieria (Panamurex) hutchinsoni, Poirieria (Panamurex) laccopoia, Poirieria (Panamurex) lychnia, Poirieria (Panamurex) macneili, Poirieria (Panamurex) mauryae, Poirieria (Panamurex) recticanalis, Poirieria (Panamurex) velero

Type specimen: USNM 371856, a shell. Its type locality is USGS Loc. 2646 - Oak Grove [Oak Grove Sand], which is in a Burdigalian marine sandstone in the Oak Grove Formation of Florida.

Ecology: epifaunal carnivore

Distribution:

• Miocene of United States (2: Florida collections)

Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence

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