Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Muricidae

WoRMS now claims genus is extant, based on "relict" species E. tatei.

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Full reference: D. Merle. 2002. Eofavartia, a new genus of Muricidae (Gastropoda: Neogastropoda) from the Lower Palaeogene of the Atlantic Ocean: implications for the radiation of the Muricopsinae Radwin & D'Attilio, 1971. Comptes Rendus Palevol 1(3):167-172

Parent taxon: Muricopsinae according to D. Merle and B. Landau 2020

See also Merle 2002

Sister taxa: Muricopsis, Subpterynotus

Subtaxa: Eofavartia dharmai Eofavartia frondosa Eofavartia tatei

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Type: Murex frondosus

Ecology: epifaunal carnivore

Distribution: found only at Units S1-S9, Selsey Peninsula, West Sussex (Eocene of the United Kingdom)

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