Fulgerca Stephenson 1941 (snail)

Gastropoda - Neogastropoda

Parent taxon: Muricoidea according to Vermeij 1998

See also Sepkoski 2002, Sohl 1964 and Stephenson 1941

Sister taxa: Babyloniidae, Coralliophilidae, Cystiscidae, Harpidae, Marginellidae, Mitracea, Muricidae, Pholidotomidae, Purpurellidae, Rachiglossa, Strepsiduridae, Taurasinae, Tudiclidae, Volutidae

Subtaxa: Fulgerca attenuata Fulgerca compressilirata

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Ecology: epifaunal carnivore

Distribution:

• Cretaceous of United States (34: Alabama, Georgia, Maryland, Mississippi, Missouri, Tennessee, Texas collections)

Total: 34 collections each including a single occurrence

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