Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Muricidae
Belongs to Murex according to F. J. Holmes 1858
Sister taxa: Murex (Murex), Murex (Promurex), Murex (Rhinocantha), Murex (Subpterynotus), Murex (Tubicauda), Murex asteriscus, Murex bifrons, Murex camplytropis, Murex cancellinus, Murex cingulatus, Murex clathratus, Murex colubrinus, Murex concinnus, Murex contabulatus, Murex cowlitzensis, Murex crowfootii, Murex davisi, Murex didymus, Murex fluctuosus, Murex frondosus, Murex grooti, Murex hamiltonensis, Murex junghuhni, Murex kellumi, Murex lignarius, Murex macgillivrayi, Murex manubriatus, Murex minutus, Murex mississippiensis, Murex nodularius, Murex pachystirus, Murex packardi, Murex paradoxicus, Murex pondicherriensis, Murex prionotus, Murex pseudonystii, Murex reedi, Murex reticulosus, Murex rhysus, Murex sandersoni, Murex scorpionius, Murex sopenahensis, Murex striatulus, Murex textiliosus, Murex torturosus, Murex trinchinopolitensis, Murex trinodosus, Murex tripterus, Murex tubifer, Murex viperinus, Murex wadiai
Ecology: epifaunal carnivore
Distribution: there are no occurrences of Murex spinacostatas in the database
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