Trophon torquatus Tate 1888 (murex snail)

Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Muricidae

Full reference: R. Tate. 1888. The gastropods of the older Tertiary of Australia (Part 1). Transactions and Proceedings of the Royal Society of Australia 10:91-171

Belongs to Trophon according to R. Tate 1888

Sister taxa: Trophon (Sipho), Trophon (Trophon), Trophon alta, Trophon alveolatum, Trophon anceps, Trophon calamitus, Trophon carringtoni, Trophon consociale, Trophon daviesi, Trophon dickersoni, Trophon disparoides, Trophon elegans, Trophon geversianum, Trophon gracilius, Trophon hypsellus, Trophon icosiphyllus, Trophon imperspicuum, Trophon isthmicus, Trophon kroteri, Trophon lawsoni, Trophon macharei, Trophon magister, Trophon mangelioides, Trophon monotropis, Trophon muricatus, Trophon muriciformis, Trophon pallidus, Trophon patagonicus, Trophon paululum, Trophon perelegans, Trophon progne, Trophon pseudoturtoni, Trophon santacrucensis, Trophon truncatus

Ecology: epifaunal carnivore

Distribution: there are no occurrences of Trophon torquatus in the database

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