Dermomurex (Dermomurex) pauperculus Adams 1850 (murex snail)

Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Muricidae

Alternative combinations: Aspella paupercula, Murex pauperculus

Belongs to Dermomurex (Dermomurex) according to E. H. Vokes 1975

See also Hendy et al. 2008

Sister taxa: Dermomurex (Dermomurex) elizabethae, Dermomurex (Dermomurex) engonatus, Dermomurex (Dermomurex) jani, Dermomurex (Dermomurex) matercula, Dermomurex (Dermomurex) scalaroides

Ecology: epifaunal carnivore

Distribution: found only at TU 954 - Pueblo Nuevo [Moin Fm] (Pliocene of Costa Rica)

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