Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Turridae
Alternative combination: Murex babylonius
Belongs to Turris according to D. Scarponi et al. 2011
Sister taxa: Turris (Turris), Turris adendanii, Turris ahmedi, Turris altuscollus, Turris andersoni, Turris baudoni, Turris burroensis, Turris cleopatrae, Turris garoensis, Turris gilchristi, Turris higoensis, Turris hornesi, Turris inconstans, Turris kaffraria, Turris kirkensis, Turris louderbacki, Turris monolifera, Turris multigyrata, Turris suturalis, Turris worcesteri, Pleurotoma catenata, Pleurotoma heptagona, Pleurotoma undata, Pleurotoma porcelana, Pleurotoma curtistoma, Pleurotoma butonensis, Pleurotoma sulcata, Pleurotoma multinoda, Pleurotoma turris, Pleurotoma (Tripia), Pleurotoma speciosa, Pleurotoma dalli, Pleurotoma rotaedens, Pleurotoma filosa, Pleurotoma haydeni, Pleurotoma decussata, Pleurotoma sanctaecrucis, Pleurotoma ktolemandoensis, Pleurotoma decliva, Pleurotoma furcata, Pleurotoma albinoides, Pleurotoma beringi, Pleurotoma porrecta, Pleurotoma monterosatoi, Pleurotoma chehalisensis, Pleurotoma zapoteca, Pleurotoma clavicularis, Pleurotoma eborides, Pleurotoma curvicosta, Pleurotoma transversaria, Pleurotoma marginata, Pleurotoma faxensis, Pleurotoma bavarica, Pleurotoma inflexa, Pleurotoma harpula, Pleurotoma dentata, Pleurotoma nodulosa, Pleurotoma glabrata, Pleurotoma senilis, Pleurotoma guibersoni, Pleurotoma domenginei, Pleurotoma gracilicostata, Pleurotoma newsomi, Pleurotoma ickei, Turris (Pleurotoma) perissolaxoides, Pleurotoma pannus, Pleurotoma striarella, Pleurotoma turrella, Pleurotoma cristata, Pleurotoma catenata, Pleurotoma lineolata, Pleurotoma coronifer, Pleurotoma denticulata, Pleurotoma veracruzana, Pleurotoma intorta, Pleurotoma turricula, Pleurotoma hilgardi, Pleurotoma morreni, Pleurotoma mississippiensis, Pleurotoma abundans, Pleurotoma harrisi, Pleurotoma scaliae, Pleurotoma guppyana, Turris (Pleurotoma) nomlandi, Pleurotoma (Pleurotoma), Pleurotoma herklotsi, Pleurotoma congesta, Pleurotoma cochlearis, Pleurotoma transmontana, Pleurotoma schaeferi, Pleurotoma inaudita, Pleurotoma ocoyana, Pleurotoma angermanni, Pleurotoma gemmata
Ecology: epifaunal carnivore
Distribution: found only at Cape Possession [Pliocene] (Pliocene of Papua New Guinea)
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