Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Muricidae
Alternative spellings: Aspella (Favartia), Murex (Favartia), Ocinebra (Favartia)
Parent taxon: Muricidae according to B. Landau et al. 2007
See also Mandic et al. 2002, Olsson and Harbison 1953, Petuch 1988, Sepkoski 2002, Todd 2001, Vokes 1968 and Wilson 1994
Sister taxa: Acanthotrophon, Aspella, Atractodon, Attiliosa, Austrotrophon, Babelomurex, Boreotrophon, Calothrophon, Calotrophon, Cathymorula, Coralliophilinae, Crassimurex, Cymia, Dermomurex, Drupinae, Eofavartia, Ergalataxinae, Hadriania, Haustrinae, Heteropurpura, Hexaplex, Homalocantha, Jaton, Lyrotyphis, Mexacanthina, Monoceros, Morula, Murexiella, Murexsul, Muricanthus, Muricidea, Muricinae, Muricopsinae, Muricopsis, Murotriton, Nucella, Nucellopsis, Ocenebra, Ocenebrinae, Ocinebrina, Ocinebrinae, Odontopolys, Orania, Pagodula, Phyllocoma, Ponderia, Pterochelus, Pteropurpura, Pterorhytis, Pterotyphis, Pterymarchia, Pterynotus, Purpura, Purpurellus, Pygmaepterys, Rapaninae, Reishia, Shaskyus, Siphonochelus, Sohliina, Spinidrupa, Spinucella, Thaidinae, Thais, Trachypollia, Tripterotyphinae, Tritonaliinae, Trophoninae, Typhinae, Typhinellus, Typhis, Vitularia, Yasila, Yunomys
Subtaxa: Favartia (Favartia) Favartia brevicula Favartia cellulosa Favartia lappa Favartia pacei Favartia perita
Ecology: epifaunal carnivore
Distribution:
• Quaternary of the Bahamas (1 collection), Mexico (2), Panama (1), United States (4: California, Florida)
• Pliocene of Ecuador (1), Italy (1), Portugal (1), Spain (3), United States (1: California), Venezuela (2)
• Miocene of Austria (1), France (1), Hungary (1), Poland (1)
• Eocene of United States (1: California)
Total: 22 collections including 25 occurrences
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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