Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Muricidae
Alternative spellings: Murex (Pterynotus), Pteronotus
Synonyms: Marchia Jousseaume 1880, Pterymurex Roverto 1899, Timbellus de Gregario 1885
Parent taxon: Muricidae according to B. Landau et al. 2007
See also Beu et al. 1990, Darragh 2017, Ladd 1977, Ladd 1982, Maury 1917, Novack-Gottshall 2025, Sepkoski 2002, Squires 2001, Squires and Goedert 1995, Todd 2001, Vaught et al. 1989, Vokes 1970, Wienrich 2001 and Wilson 1994
Sister taxa: Acanthotrophon, Aspella, Atractodon, Attiliosa, Austrotrophon, Babelomurex, Boreotrophon, Calothrophon, Calotrophon, Cathymorula, Coralliophilinae, Crassimurex, Cymia, Dermomurex, Drupinae, Eofavartia, Ergalataxinae, Favartia, 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, Purpura, Purpurellus, Pygmaepterys, Rapaninae, Reishia, Shaskyus, Siphonochelus, Sohliina, Spinidrupa, Spinucella, Thaidinae, Thais, Trachypollia, Tripterotyphinae, Tritonaliinae, Trophoninae, Typhinae, Typhinellus, Typhis, Vitularia, Yasila, Yunomys
Subtaxa: Pterynotus (Calcitrapessa) Pterynotus (Centrifuga) Pterynotus (Pterynotus) Pterynotus swainsoni Pterynotus velificus Pterynotus washingtonicus Timbellus calvus
Type: Murex pinnatus
Ecology: epifaunal carnivore
Distribution:
• Quaternary of the Marshall Islands (1 collection), United States (6: California, Florida)
• Pliocene to Pleistocene of Malaysia (2)
• Pliocene of Costa Rica (1), Spain (2)
• Miocene of Australia (1), Belgium (1), France (1), Germany (4), Grenada (1), Hungary (1), the Netherlands (2), Poland (1), Romania (1), United States (3: Florida)
• Oligocene of Denmark (1), Germany (1), United States (4: Florida, Georgia, Mississippi)
• Eocene of Australia (1), France (2), New Zealand (1), Nigeria (1), the United Kingdom (9), United States (20: California, Louisiana, Mississippi, Texas, Washington)
• Paleocene of United States (3: Alabama)
Total: 71 collections including 74 occurrences
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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