Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Muricidae
Alternative spelling: Murex (Pterynotus)
Synonyms: Marchia Jousseaume 1880, Pterymurex Roverto 1899, Timbellus de Gregario 1885
Parent taxon: Muricidae according to B. Landau et al. 2007
See also Beu et al. 1990, Darragh 2017, Ladd 1977, Ladd 1982, Maury 1917, Sepkoski 2002, Squires 2001, Squires and Goedert 1995, Todd 2001, Vaught et al. 1989, Vokes 1970, Wienrich 2001 and Wilson 1994
Sister taxa: Acanthotrophon, Aspella, Atractodon, Attiliosa, Austrotrophon, Babelomurex, Boreotrophon, Calothrophon, Calotrophon, Cathymorula, Coralliophilinae, Crassimurex, Cymia, Dermomurex, Drupinae, Eofavartia, Ergalataxinae, Favartia, Hadriania, Haustrinae, Heteropurpura, Hexaplex, Homalocantha, Jaton, Lyrotyphis, Mexacanthina, Monoceros, Morula, Murexiella, Murexsul, Muricanthus, Muricidea, Muricinae, Muricopsinae, Muricopsis, Murotriton, Nucella, Nucellopsis, Ocenebra, Ocenebrinae, Ocinebrina, Ocinebrinae, Odontopolys, Orania, Pagodula, Phyllocoma, Ponderia, Pterochelus, Pteropurpura, Pterorhytis, Pterotyphis, Pterymarchia, Purpura, Purpurellus, Pygmaepterys, Rapaninae, Reishia, Shaskyus, Siphonochelus, Sohliina, Spinidrupa, Spinucella, Thaidinae, Thais, Trachypollia, Tripterotyphinae, Tritonaliinae, Trophoninae, Typhinae, Typhinellus, Typhis, Vitularia, Yasila, Yunomys
Subtaxa: Pterynotus (Pterynotus) Pterynotus swainsoni Pterynotus velificus Pterynotus washingtonicus Timbellus calvus
Type: Murex pinnatus
Ecology: epifaunal carnivore
Distribution:
• Quaternary of the Marshall Islands (1 collection), United States (2: California, Florida)
• Pliocene to Pleistocene of Malaysia (2)
• Pliocene of Costa Rica (1), Spain (2)
• Miocene of Australia (1), Belgium (1), France (1), Germany (4), Grenada (1), Hungary (1), the Netherlands (2), Poland (1), Romania (1), United States (3: Florida)
• Oligocene of Denmark (1), Germany (1), United States (4: Florida, Georgia, Mississippi)
• Eocene of Australia (1), France (2), New Zealand (1), Nigeria (1), the United Kingdom (9), United States (20: California, Louisiana, Mississippi, Texas, Washington)
• Paleocene of United States (3: Alabama)
Total: 67 collections including 70 occurrences
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