†Typhis (Typhis) pungens Solander in Brander and Brander 1766 (murex snail)
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Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Muricidae
Alternative combinations: Hirotyphis pungens, Murex pungens, Typhis pungens
Belongs to Typhis (Typhis) according to Merle 1986
See also Gertman 1969 and Schnetler et al. 2024
Sister taxa: Typhis (Typhis) rutoti, Typhis (Typhis) tubifer
Ecology: epifaunal carnivore
Distribution:
• Miocene of Germany (18 collections), the Netherlands (2)
• Oligocene of Hungary (1)
• Eocene of the United Kingdom (8)
Total: 29 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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