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Purpura topangensis
Taxonomy
Ocinebra topangensis was named by Arnold (1907). Its type specimen is USNM 164995, a shell, and it is a 3D body fossil.
It was recombined as Purpura topangensis by Loel and Corey (1932); it was recombined as Ocenebra topangensis by Addicott (1970).
It was recombined as Purpura topangensis by Loel and Corey (1932); it was recombined as Ocenebra topangensis by Addicott (1970).
Sister species lacking formal opinion data
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1907 | Ocinebra topangensis Arnold p. 530 figs. Plate XLIII, fig. 4 |
| 1932 | Purpura topangensis Loel and Corey p. 247 figs. Plate 48, figures 4, 5, 6 |
| 1970 | Ocenebra topangensis Addicott p. 81 figs. Plate 8, figure 3 |
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If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.
†Purpura topangensis Arnold 1907
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
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| References: Hendy et al. 2009, Kiessling 2004 | |||||
Age range: base of the Early/Lower Miocene to the top of the Langhian or 23.03000 to 13.82000 Ma
Collections (6 total)
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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| Early/Lower Miocene | USA (California) | Ocenebra topangensis (94851 94852 94854) Purpura topangensis (71221 71223) | |
| Langhian | USA (California) | Ocenebra topangensis (37524) |