Predator in the lower circalittoral down to circa 650m deep. Houart & Aznar mention its presence in the infralittoral of Baleares. Original taxon: Trophon fraseri.
« The shouldered whorls and axial lamellae ending as open spines on the shoulder angulation are characteristic of Pagodula. However, forms with strongly rounded axial ribs, without any lamellae, are atypical of the group. » – Marshall & Houart: “The genus Pagodula (Mollusca: Gastropoda: Muricidae) in Australia, the New Zealand region and the Tasman Sea”, New Zealand Journal of Geology and Geophysics vol. 54, Appendix.
Above, such a specimen, devoid of wings or curved spines, from 100m deep, Tarifa, Gibraltar Strait. 37mm. Original pictures provided by I. Mulero (ES) – (CC BY-NC-SA).