Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Muricidae

Alternative combination: Murex (Rhinocantha) pachystirus

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 Murex according to T. A. Darragh 1970

See also Tate 1888

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 packardi, 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

Ecology: epifaunal carnivore

Distribution: found only at Muddy Creek Fm - Muddy Creek (lower bed) (Miocene of Australia)

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