Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Muricidae
Full reference: B. Kensley and J. Pether. 1986. Late Tertiary and Early Quaternary Fossil Mollusca for the Hondeklip Area, Cape Province, South Africa. Annals of the South African Museum 97(6):141-225
Belongs to Trophon according to B. Kensley and J. Pether 1986
Sister taxa: Trophon (Sipho), Trophon (Trophon), Trophon alta, Trophon alveolatum, Trophon anceps, Trophon consociale, Trophon daviesi, Trophon dickersoni, Trophon disparoides, Trophon elegans, Trophon geversianum, Trophon gracilius, Trophon hypsellus, Trophon icosiphyllus, Trophon imperspicuum, Trophon isthmicus, Trophon kroteri, Trophon lawsoni, Trophon macharei, Trophon magister, Trophon mangelioides, Trophon monotropis, Trophon muricatus, Trophon muriciformis, Trophon pallidus, Trophon patagonicus, Trophon paululum, Trophon perelegans, Trophon progne, Trophon pseudoturtoni, Trophon santacrucensis, Trophon torquatus, Trophon truncatus
Type specimen: SAM-PQ-AV536, a shell. Its type locality is Avontuur A 50m complex 3, which is in a Pliocene shoreface horizon in South Africa.
Ecology: epifaunal carnivore
Distribution: found only at Avontuur A 50m complex 3
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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