†Dermomurex silicatus Darragh 2017 (murex snail)
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Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Muricidae
Full reference: T. A. Darragh. 2017. Further Mollusca from the late Eocene Pallinup Formation, Eucla Basin, Western Australia. Records of the Western Australian Museum 32:29-100
Belongs to Dermomurex according to T. A. Darragh 2017
Sister taxa: Dermomurex (Dermomurex), Dermomurex (Takia), Dermomurex (Trialatella), Dermomurex (Viator), Dermomurex pacei
Type specimen: WAM 15.42, a shell. Its type locality is Walpole, north, which is in a Priabonian offshore siltstone in the Werillup Formation of Australia.
Ecology: epifaunal carnivore
Distribution: found only at Walpole, north
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