Fax Iredale 1925 (true whelk)

Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Buccinidae

Parent taxon: Buccininae according to B. Wilson 1994

See also Sepkoski 2002

Sister taxa: Ancistrolepidini, Angistoma, Austrobuccinum, Buccinini, Buccinulini, Colini, Coptochetus, Corneobuccinum, Eripachya, Euryochetus, Exilioidea, Kapala, Liomesini, Plicibuccinum, Pseudofax, Pseudoliomesus, Serratifusus, Strombinophos, Volutharpa

Subtaxa: Fax cominelloides

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Ecology: epifaunal carnivore

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

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