Poirieria (Panamurex) Woodring 1959 (murex snail)

Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Muricidae

Alternative spellings: Murex (Panamurex), Panamurex, Paziella (Panamurex)

Full reference: W. P. Woodring. 1959. Geology and paleontology of Canal Zone and adjoining parts of Panama: Description of Tertiary mollusks (gastropods: Vermetidae to Thaididae). United States Geological Survey Professional Paper 306(B):147-239

Parent taxon: Poirieria according to B. Landau et al. 2008

See also Sepkoski 2002, Todd 2001, Vokes 1963 and Vokes 1970

Sister taxa: Poirieria (Flexopteron), Poirieria (Paziella), Poirieria (Poirieria), Poirieria albionis, Poirieria calcitrapa, Poirieria levis, Poirieria subcristata, Poirieria zelandicus

Subtaxa: Poirieria (Panamurex) alaquaensis Poirieria (Panamurex) carnicolor Poirieria (Panamurex) clarksvillensis Poirieria (Panamurex) dubitalis Poirieria (Panamurex) eugeniae Poirieria (Panamurex) fusinoides Poirieria (Panamurex) gabbi Poirieria (Panamurex) gatunensis Poirieria (Panamurex) heilprini Poirieria (Panamurex) hutchinsoni Poirieria (Panamurex) laccopoia Poirieria (Panamurex) lychnia Poirieria (Panamurex) macneili Poirieria (Panamurex) mauryae Poirieria (Panamurex) phagon Poirieria (Panamurex) recticanalis Poirieria (Panamurex) velero

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Ecology: epifaunal carnivore

Distribution:

• Pliocene of the Dominican Republic (1 collection), Mexico (1), United States (4: Florida), Venezuela (5)

• Miocene of Mexico (1), Panama (16), Trinidad and Tobago (1), United States (37: Florida), Venezuela (3)

• Oligocene to Miocene of United States (1: Florida)

• Oligocene of United States (1: Mississippi)

Total: 71 collections including 115 occurrences

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