Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Muricidae
Alternative spellings: Chicoreus (Phyllonotus), Hexaplex (Phyllonotus), Murex (Phyllonotus), Muricidea (Phyllonotus)
Parent taxon: Muricinae according to T. J. DeVries 2005
See also Gabb 1869, Gardner 1948, Harris and Palmer 1947, Harzhauser 2002, Sepkoski 2002, Todd 2001 and Vokes 1989
Sister taxa: Bolinus, Caelobassus, Chicomurex, Chicoreus, Haustellum, Homolocantha, Maxwellia, Murex, Pazinotus, Poirieria, Pseudoperissolax, Vokesimurex
Subtaxa: Chicoreus (Phyllonotus) gardnerae Chicoreus (Phyllonotus) infrequens Chicoreus (Phyllonotus) pomatus Chicoreus (Phyllonotus) pomum Chicoreus (Phyllonotus) praepauxillus Hexaplex (Phyllonotus) pomiformis Phyllonotus imperialis
Type: Murex imperialis
Ecology: epifaunal carnivore
Distribution:
• Quaternary of Cuba (1 collection), the Dominican Republic (2), Ecuador (1), Haiti (1), Mexico (1), Panama (1), United States (15: Florida, North Carolina, South Carolina)
• Pliocene to Pleistocene of United States (2: Florida)
• Pliocene of Costa Rica (2), the Dominican Republic (4), Ecuador (2), Indonesia (1), Jamaica (1), Mexico (1), Panama (2), Trinidad and Tobago (1), United States (3: California, Florida), Venezuela (7)
• Miocene to Pliocene of the Dominican Republic (2)
• Miocene of Austria (2), the Dominican Republic (9), Haiti (1), Panama (2), Peru (1), Poland (1), Romania (1), Trinidad and Tobago (1), United States (1: New Jersey)
• Oligocene to Miocene of United States (1: Florida)
• Oligocene of Japan (2), United States (2: Mississippi, North Carolina)
Total: 74 collections including 77 occurrences
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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