Hexaplex (Hexaplex) vanuxemi Conrad 1865 (murex snail)

Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Muricidae

Alternative combinations: Hexaplex (Paziella) vanuxemi, Murex vanuxemi

Belongs to Hexaplex (Hexaplex) according to E. H. Vokes 1968

See also Harris and Palmer 1947 and Palmer 1937

Sister taxa: Hexaplex (Hexaplex) colei, Hexaplex (Hexaplex) engonatus, Hexaplex (Hexaplex) etheringtoni, Hexaplex (Hexaplex) fulvescens, Hexaplex (Hexaplex) katherinae, Hexaplex (Hexaplex) marksi, Hexaplex (Hexaplex) silvaticus, Hexaplex (Hexaplex) strausi, Hexaplex (Hexaplex) supernus, Hexaplex (Hexaplex) texanus, Hexaplex (Hexaplex) veatchi

Type specimen: ANSP 13756, a shell

Ecology: epifaunal carnivore

Distribution:

• Eocene of United States (37: Alabama, Mississippi, Texas collections)

Total: 37 collections including 38 occurrences

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