Hirtomurex Coen 1922 (murex snail)

Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Muricidae

Synonyms: Coralliophila (Fusomurex) Coen 1922, Fusomurex Coen 1922

Parent taxon: Coralliophila according to F. S. MacNeil 1960

See also Hendy et al. 2008 and Wilson 1994

Sister taxa: Coralliophila (Coralliophila), Coralliophila (Fuxomurex), Coralliophila (Pseudomurex), Coralliophila abberans, Coralliophila caribaea, Coralliophila klostermanni, Coralliophila meyendorffii, Coralliophila miocenica, Coralliophila neritoidea, Coralliophila nux

Subtaxa: none

Ecology: epifaunal carnivore

Distribution:

• Quaternary of Japan (1 collection)

• Miocene of Japan (2), the Marshall Islands (4)

Total: 7 collections including 8 occurrences

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