Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Muricidae
Alternative combinations: Latirus whitneyi, Murex whitneyi, Nyctilochus whitneyi, Tritonium whitneyi
Synonym: Murex beali Anderson and Hanna 1925
Full reference: W. M. Gabb. 1864. Description of the Cretaceous fossils. Geological Survey of California Palaeontology 1:57-217
Belongs to Muricopsis according to H. E. Vokes 1939
See also Anderson and Hanna 1925, Dickerson 1916, Gabb 1864 and Stewart 1927
Sister taxa: Muricopsis (Muricopsis), Muricopsis (Risomurex), Muricopsis bulbosinucleus, Muricopsis exhexagonus, Muricopsis peregra, Muricopsis vistaensis
Distribution:
• Eocene of United States (9: California collections)
Total: 9 collections including 10 occurrences
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