Hexaplex (Hexaplex) marksi Harris 1894 (murex snail)

Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Muricidae

Alternative combinations: Murex (Phyllonotus) engonatus marksi, Murex marksi

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

See also Harris and Palmer 1947

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

Type specimen: USNM 135148, a shell

Ecology: epifaunal carnivore

Distribution:

• Eocene of United States (18: Arkansas, Louisiana, Mississippi collections)

Total: 18 collections each including a single occurrence

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