Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Muricidae

Alternative combination: Murex (Pteronotus) burnsii

Belongs to Pterynotus (Pterynotus) according to E. H. Vokes 1970

Sister taxa: Pterynotus (Pterynotus) bushae, Pterynotus (Pterynotus) crenulatus, Pterynotus (Pterynotus) havanensis, Pterynotus (Pterynotus) hoerlei, Pterynotus (Pterynotus) matthewsensis, Pterynotus (Pterynotus) micropterus, Pterynotus (Pterynotus) phaneus, Pterynotus (Pterynotus) pinnatus, Pterynotus (Pterynotus) posti, Pterynotus (Pterynotus) propeposti, Pterynotus (Pterynotus) rufirupicolus, Pterynotus (Pterynotus) sabinola, Pterynotus (Pterynotus) stenzeli, Pterynotus (Pterynotus) washingtonicus, Pterynotus (Pterynotus) weisbordi

Type specimen: USNM 135155, a shell

Ecology: epifaunal carnivore

Distribution: found only at MGS #37 (Oligocene of Mississippi)

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