Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Muricidae
Synonym: Zulloia Petuch 1994
Parent taxon: Ocenebrinae according to G. Rosenberg 2005
See also Durham 1944, Gardner 1947, Gardner 1948, Gazdzicki and Pugaczewska 1984, Hendy et al. 2008, Martin 1904, Sepkoski 2002, Todd 2001, Ward 1992 and Ward and Blackwelder 1987
Sister taxa: Acanthina, Califostoma, Carhuaspina, Crassilabrum, Eupleura, Forreria, Herminespina, Jsowerbya, Kestocenebra, Mariasalpinx, Muregina, Pterorytis, Pterynopsis, Tactilispina, Vokesinotus
Subtaxa: Urosalpinx archipatagonica Urosalpinx cinerea Urosalpinx coombsi Urosalpinx cossmanni Urosalpinx curtansata Urosalpinx haneti Urosalpinx hannibali Urosalpinx kirbyi Urosalpinx perrugata Urosalpinx rusticus Urosalpinx subangulata Urosalpinx subrusticus
Ecology: epifaunal carnivore
Distribution:
• Quaternary of Panama (1 collection), United States (56: California, Florida, Maryland, Massachusetts, New Jersey, New York, North Carolina, South Carolina, Virginia), Uruguay (1)
• Pliocene to Pleistocene of United States (1: Florida)
• Pliocene of United States (18: Florida, North Carolina, South Carolina, Virginia), Venezuela (1)
• Miocene of Argentina (4), Australia (1), the Dominican Republic (1), Germany (1), United States (18: Delaware, Florida, Maryland, Virginia)
• Oligocene to Miocene of Argentina (1), United States (4: Florida)
• Oligocene of United States (3: Mississippi)
• Eocene of United States (9: Alabama, California, Washington)
• Paleocene of Denmark (5)
Total: 125 collections including 140 occurrences
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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