Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Muricidae
Synonym: Hexaplex (Paziella) robusta Traub 1980
Full reference: F. Traub. 1979. Weitere Paleozän-Gastropoden aus dem Helvetikum des Haunsberges nördlich von Salzburg. Mitteilungen der Bayerischen Staatssammlung für Paläontologie und historische Geologie (19)93-123
Belongs to Poirieria according to D. Merle and J. M. Pacaud 2002
See also Traub 1979
Sister taxa: Poirieria (Flexopteron), Poirieria (Panamurex), Poirieria (Paziella), Poirieria (Poirieria), Poirieria albionis, Poirieria calcitrapa, Poirieria subcristata, Poirieria zelandicus
Type specimens:
- Poirieria levis: BSP 1943 II 334, a shell. Its type locality is Kch 8, Kroisbach, Haunsberg near St. Pankraz, which is in a Thanetian marine horizon in Austria.
- Hexaplex (Paziella) robusta: BSP 1943 II 385. Its type locality is Kch 11a, Kroisbach, Haunsberg near St. Pankraz, which is in a Ypresian marine horizon in Austria.
Ecology: epifaunal carnivore
Distribution:
• Eocene of Austria (1 collection)
• Paleocene of Austria (1)
Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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