Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Muricidae
Full reference: R. E. Dickerson. 1915. Fauna of the Type Tejon: Its relation to the Cowlitz Phase of the Tejon Group of Washington. Proceedings of the California Academy of Sciences 5(3):33-98
Belongs to Murex according to R. E. Dickerson 1915
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 paradoxicus, Murex perangulatus, Murex pondicherriensis, Murex prionotus, 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
Type specimen: CAS 333, a shell. Its type locality is CAS loc. 183, Big Bend of Cowlitz River, which is in a Bartonian marine mudstone/sandstone in the Cowlitz Formation of Washington.
Ecology: epifaunal carnivore
Distribution:
• Eocene of United States (3: Washington collections)
Total: 3 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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