Stramonita haemostoma Linnaeus 1767 (murex snail)

Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Muricidae

Alternative combinations: Buccinum haemastoma, Stramonita haemastoma, Thais (Stramonita) haemastoma, Thais haemastoma

Belongs to Stramonita according to B. Landau and C. Marques da Silva 2010

See also Callapez and Ferreira Soares 2000, Davies 1973, DeVries 2007, Jung 1969, Massemin et al. 2009, Vermeij 2001 and Woodring 1959

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

Ecology: epifaunal carnivore

Distribution:

• Quaternary of Angola (1 collection), Mexico (2), Namibia (5), Peru (2), Portugal (6), Spain (9), United States (10: California, Florida, Louisiana, Maryland, New Jersey), Uruguay (2), Venezuela (1)

• Pliocene of Trinidad and Tobago (6), Venezuela (3)

• Miocene to Pliocene of the Dominican Republic (1)

• Miocene of Panama (1)

Total: 49 collections including 50 occurrences

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