Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Muricidae
Alternative combinations: Murex (Phyllonotus) engonatus, Murex (Pterynotus) engonatus, Murex engonatus
Synonym: Fusus sexangulus Conrad 1834
Belongs to Hexaplex (Hexaplex) according to E. H. Vokes 1968
Sister taxa: Hexaplex (Hexaplex) colei, 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) vanuxemi, Hexaplex (Hexaplex) veatchi
Type specimens:
- Hexaplex (Hexaplex) engonatus: ANSP 31386, a shell. Its type locality is TU 78 - Claiborne Bluff [Gosport Sand], which is in a Bartonian coastal sandstone in the Gosport Sand Formation of Alabama.
- Fusus sexangulus:
Distribution:
• Eocene of United States (18: Alabama, Louisiana, Mississippi, Texas collections)
Total: 18 collections including 19 occurrences
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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