Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Muricidae
Alternative combination: Ocenebra prionotus
Belongs to Murex according to Tate 1988
Sister taxa: Murex (Murex), Murex (Promurex), Murex (Rhinocantha), Murex (Subpterynotus), Murex (Tubicauda), Murex asteriscus, Murex bifrons, Murex camplytropis, Murex cancellinus, Murex cingulatus, Murex clathratus, Murex colubrinus, Murex concinnus, Murex contabulatus, Murex cowlitzensis, Murex crowfootii, Murex davisi, Murex didymus, Murex fluctuosus, Murex frondosus, Murex grooti, Murex hamiltonensis, Murex junghuhni, Murex kellumi, Murex lignarius, Murex macgillivrayi, Murex manubriatus, Murex minutus, Murex mississippiensis, Murex nodularius, Murex pachystirus, Murex packardi, Murex paradoxicus, Murex perangulatus, Murex pondicherriensis, Murex pseudonystii, Murex reedi, Murex reticulosus, Murex rhysus, Murex sandersoni, Murex scorpionius, Murex sopenahensis, Murex spinacostatas, Murex striatulus, Murex temalentus, Murex textiliosus, Murex torturosus, Murex trinchinopolitensis, Murex trinodosus, Murex tripterus, Murex tubifer, Murex viperinus, Murex wadiai
Ecology: epifaunal carnivore
Distribution: found only at Walpole, north (Eocene of Australia)
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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