Trophon macharei DeVries 2005 (murex snail)

Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Muricidae

Full reference: T. J. DeVries. 2005. Late Cenozoic Muricidae from Peru: Seven new species and a biogeographic summary. The Veliger 47(4):277-293

Belongs to Trophon according to T. J. DeVries 2005

Sister taxa: Trophon (Trophon), Trophon alta, Trophon alveolatum, Trophon anceps, Trophon calamitus, Trophon carringtoni, Trophon consociale, Trophon daviesi, Trophon dickersoni, Trophon disparoides, Trophon elegans, Trophon geversianum, Trophon gracilius, Trophon hypsellus, Trophon icosiphyllus, Trophon imperspicuum, Trophon isthmicus, Trophon kroteri, Trophon lawsoni, Trophon mangelioides, Trophon monotropis, Trophon muricatus, Trophon muriciformis, Trophon pallidus, Trophon patagonicus, Trophon paululum, Trophon progne, Trophon pseudoturtoni, Trophon santacrucensis, Trophon torquatus, Trophon truncatus

Type specimen: UWBM 97620, a shell

Ecology: epifaunal carnivore

Distribution: found only at DV 809-1 [Pisco Fm] (Pliocene of Peru)

Show more details


Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.


Click image to enlarge. Click to access iDigBio record.