Stramonita penelaevis Vermeij and Herbert 2004 (murex snail)

Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Muricidae

Full reference: G. J. Vermeij and G. S. Herbert. 2004. A new species of Stramonita (Gastropoda: Muricidae) from the Late Pliocene of Florida. The Nautilus 118(4):157-159

Belongs to Stramonita according to G. J. Vermeij and G. S. Herbert 2004

Sister taxa: Purpura (Stramonita) angulata, Stramonita brasiliensis, Stramonita canaliculata, Stramonita chocolata, Stramonita delessertiana, Stramonita floridana, Stramonita haemostoma, Stramonita huaricanganensis, Stramonita rustica, Stramonita semiplicata, Stramonita zinsmeisteri, Thais (Stramonita) exilis, Thais (Stramonita) imperialis, Thais (Stramonita) ponderosa

Type specimen: UF 114426, a shell

Ecology: epifaunal carnivore

Distribution: found only at Loxahatchee [Caloosahatchee Fm] (Quaternary of Florida)

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