Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Muricidae
Full reference: A. A. Olsson. 1930. Contributions to the Tertiary Paleontology of Northern Peru: Part 3, Eocene Mollusca. Bulletins of American Paleontology 17(62):1-164
Belongs to Murex according to A. A. Olsson 1930
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 perangulatus, Murex pondicherriensis, Murex prionotus, Murex pseudonystii, Murex reedi, Murex reticulosus, Murex rhysus, Murex sandersoni, Murex sopenahensis, Murex spinacostatas, Murex striatulus, Murex temalentus, Murex textiliosus, Murex torturosus, Murex trinchinopolitensis, Murex trinodosus, Murex tripterus, Murex tubifer, Murex viperinus, Murex wadiai
Type specimen: Its type locality is Lomitos Cgl, Talara Fm - Yasila and Jaquay Cunas, which is in a Bartonian coastal sandstone in the Talara Formation of Peru
Ecology: epifaunal carnivore
Distribution: found only at Lomitos Cgl, Talara Fm - Yasila and Jaquay Cunas
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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