Phyllonotus Swainson 1830 (murex snail)

Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Muricidae

Alternative spellings: Chicoreus (Phyllonotus), Hexaplex (Phyllonotus), Murex (Phyllonotus)

Parent taxon: Muricinae according to T. J. DeVries 2005

See also Gardner 1948, Harris and Palmer 1947, Harzhauser 2002, Sepkoski 2002, Todd 2001 and Vokes 1989

Sister taxa: Bolinus, Caelobassus, Chicomurex, Chicoreus, Haustellum, Homolocantha, Maxwellia, Murex, Pazinotus, Poirieria, Pseudoperissolax, Vokesimurex

Subtaxa: Chicoreus (Phyllonotus) gardnerae Chicoreus (Phyllonotus) infrequens Chicoreus (Phyllonotus) pomatus Chicoreus (Phyllonotus) pomum Chicoreus (Phyllonotus) praepauxillus Hexaplex (Phyllonotus) pomiformis Phyllonotus imperialis

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Type: Murex imperialis

Ecology: epifaunal carnivore

Distribution:

• Quaternary of Costa Rica (1 collection), Cuba (1), the Dominican Republic (2), Ecuador (1), Haiti (1), Mexico (1), Panama (1), United States (17: California, Florida, North Carolina, South Carolina)

• Pliocene to Pleistocene of United States (2: Florida)

• Pliocene of Costa Rica (2), the Dominican Republic (4), Ecuador (2), Indonesia (1), Jamaica (1), Mexico (1), Panama (2), Trinidad and Tobago (1), United States (3: California, Florida), Venezuela (7)

• Miocene to Pliocene of the Dominican Republic (2)

• Miocene of Austria (2), the Dominican Republic (9), Haiti (1), Panama (2), Peru (1), Poland (1), Romania (1), Trinidad and Tobago (1), United States (1: New Jersey)

• Oligocene to Miocene of United States (1: Florida)

• Oligocene of Japan (2), United States (2: Mississippi, North Carolina)

Total: 77 collections including 80 occurrences

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