Urosalpinx curtansata Tate 1888 (murex snail)

Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Muricidae

Alternative combination: Vitularia curtansata

Full reference: R. Tate. 1888. The gastropods of the older Tertiary of Australia (Part 1). Transactions and Proceedings of the Royal Society of Australia 10:91-171

Belongs to Urosalpinx according to T. A. Darragh 1970

See also Tate 1888

Sister taxa: Urosalpinx archipatagonica, Urosalpinx cinerea, Urosalpinx coombsi, Urosalpinx cossmanni, Urosalpinx haneti, Urosalpinx hannibali, Urosalpinx kirbyi, Urosalpinx perrugata, Urosalpinx rusticus, Urosalpinx subangulata, Urosalpinx subrusticus

Ecology: epifaunal carnivore

Distribution: found only at Muddy Creek Fm - Muddy Creek (lower bed) (Miocene of Australia)

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