Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Muricidae
Alternative combinations: Murex (Hexaplex) fulvescens, Murex (Phyllonotus) fulvescens, Murex fulvescens, Muricanthus fulvescens
Synonym: Murex (Poirieria) burryi Clench and Pérez Farfante 1945
Belongs to Hexaplex (Hexaplex) according to E. H. Vokes 1968
See also Abbott 1974 and Portell et al. 1992
Sister taxa: Hexaplex (Hexaplex) colei, Hexaplex (Hexaplex) engonatus, Hexaplex (Hexaplex) etheringtoni, Hexaplex (Hexaplex) katherinae, Hexaplex (Hexaplex) marksi, Hexaplex (Hexaplex) silvaticus, Hexaplex (Hexaplex) strausi, Hexaplex (Hexaplex) supernus, Hexaplex (Hexaplex) texanus, Hexaplex (Hexaplex) vanuxemi, Hexaplex (Hexaplex) veatchi
Type specimens:
- Hexaplex (Hexaplex) fulvescens: No number, a shell
- Murex (Poirieria) burryi:
Distribution:
• Quaternary of United States (4: Florida, Georgia collections)
• Pliocene of United States (7: Florida)
Total: 11 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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