Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Muricidae
Parent taxon: Pterynotus according to R. L. Squires 2001
See also Squires and Goedert 1995, Todd 2001 and Vokes 1970
Sister taxa: Pterynotus (Calcitrapessa), Pterynotus (Centrifuga), Pterynotus swainsoni, Pterynotus velificus, Pterynotus washingtonicus, Timbellus calvus
Subtaxa: Pterynotus (Pterynotus) burnsii Pterynotus (Pterynotus) bushae Pterynotus (Pterynotus) crenulatus Pterynotus (Pterynotus) havanensis Pterynotus (Pterynotus) hoerlei Pterynotus (Pterynotus) matthewsensis Pterynotus (Pterynotus) micropterus Pterynotus (Pterynotus) phaneus Pterynotus (Pterynotus) pinnatus Pterynotus (Pterynotus) posti Pterynotus (Pterynotus) propeposti Pterynotus (Pterynotus) rufirupicolus Pterynotus (Pterynotus) sabinola Pterynotus (Pterynotus) stenzeli Pterynotus (Pterynotus) washingtonicus Pterynotus (Pterynotus) weisbordi
Type: Murex pinnatus
Ecology: epifaunal carnivore
Distribution:
• Quaternary of United States (1: Florida collection)
• Pliocene to Pleistocene of Malaysia (2)
• Pliocene of Costa Rica (1)
• Miocene of Poland (1), United States (3: Florida)
• Oligocene of United States (4: Florida, Georgia, Mississippi)
• Eocene of France (2), the United Kingdom (7), United States (19: California, Louisiana, Mississippi, Texas, Washington)
• Paleocene of United States (3: Alabama)
Total: 43 collections including 44 occurrences