Eupleura olssoni Vokes 1989 (murex snail)

Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Muricidae

Belongs to Eupleura according to G. S. Herbert 2005

Sister taxa: Eupleura caudata, Eupleura curta, Eupleura engerrabunda, Eupleura gravidentata, Eupleura harbisoni, Eupleura kugleri, Eupleura lehneri, Eupleura leonensis, Eupleura limata, Eupleura muriciformis, Eupleura nitida, Eupleura paroudia, Eupleura pectinata, Eupleura pleistocenensis, Eupleura plicata, Eupleura prenitida, Eupleura thompsoni, Eupleura triquetra, Eupleura urbinai, Eupleura vokesorum

Type specimen: USNM 445402, a shell. Its type locality is TU 1507 - Punta Verde [Angostura Fm], which is in a Miocene coastal siliciclastic in the Angostura Formation of Ecuador.

Ecology: epifaunal carnivore

Distribution: found only at TU 1507 - Punta Verde [Angostura Fm]

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