Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Muricidae
Alternative spelling: Murex (Haustellum)
Parent taxon: Muricinae according to B. Landau and C. Marques da Silva 2010
See also Harzhauser et al. 2002, Mandic and Steininger 2003, Robba et al. 1989, Sepkoski 2002, Todd 2001, Vokes 1989 and Wilson 1994
Sister taxa: Bolinus, Caelobassus, Chicomurex, Chicoreus, Homolocantha, Maxwellia, Murex, Pazinotus, Phyllonotus, Poirieria, Pseudoperissolax, Vokesimurex
Subtaxa: Haustellum donmoorei Haustellum haustellum Haustellum mimiwilsoni Haustellum polynematicus Haustellum wilsoni Murex (Haustellum) beyrichi Murex (Haustellum) bonneti Murex (Haustellum) naricus Murex (Haustellum) pennae Murex (Haustellum) tchihatcheffi
Type: Murex haustellum
Ecology: epifaunal carnivore
Distribution:
• Quaternary of Costa Rica (1 collection), Fiji (1), Indonesia (1), Panama (2), Venezuela (3)
• Pliocene of Colombia (1), Costa Rica (3), Ecuador (1), India (1), Panama (12), Venezuela (6)
• Miocene to Pliocene of the Dominican Republic (7)
• Miocene of Belgium (2), Brazil (4), the Dominican Republic (11), Ecuador (1), Germany (31), Haiti (1), India (1), Italy (4), Japan (2), Pakistan (1), Panama (11), Trinidad and Tobago (1), United States (15: Florida), Venezuela (2)
• Oligocene of Pakistan (2)
Total: 128 collections including 134 occurrences
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