Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Muricidae
Alternative combination: Nucella elsmerensis
Full reference: U. S. Grant, IV and H. R. Gale. 1931. Catalogue of the Marine Pliocene and Pleistocene Mollusca of California. Memoirs of the San Diego Society of Natural History 1:1-1036
Belongs to Thais (Nucella) according to U. S. Grant, IV and H. R. Gale 1931
See also Winterer and Durham 1962
Sister taxa: Nucella (Acanthinucella), Nucella canaliculata, Nucella etchegoinensis, Nucella incrassata, Nucella lamellosa, Nucella lapillus, Nucella praecingulata
Type specimen: S.D.S.N.H299, a shell.
Ecology: epifaunal carnivore
Distribution:
• Pliocene of United States (2: California collections)
Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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