Crassimurex calcitrapa Lamarck 1803 (murex snail)

Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Muricidae

Alternative combination: Murex calcitrapa

Full reference: J. B. Lamarck. 1803. Suite des mémoires sur les fossiles des environs de Paris. Annales du Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle 2:217-227

Belongs to Crassimurex according to D. Merle and J. M. Pacaud 2002

See also Lamarck 1803

Sister taxa: Crassimurex akoi, Crassimurex crispus

Type specimen: Its type locality is Grignon (Lamarck collection), which is in a Lutetian open shallow subtidal sandstone/sandstone in France

Ecology: epifaunal carnivore

Distribution:

• Eocene of France (3 collections)

Total: 3 collections each including a single occurrence

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