Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Muricidae
Alternative spelling: Purpura (Acanthina)
Parent taxon: Ocenebrinae according to T. J. DeVries 2005
See also DeVries 2003, DeVries and Vermeij 1997, Gordillo 1991, Olsson 1931, Sepkoski 2002, Todd 2001 and Vermeij 1993
Sister taxa: Califostoma, Carhuaspina, Crassilabrum, Eupleura, Forreria, Herminespina, Jsowerbya, Kestocenebra, Mariasalpinx, Muregina, Pterorytis, Pterynopsis, Tactilispina, Urosalpinx, Vokesinotus
Subtaxa: Acanthina katzi Acanthina monodon Acanthina obesa Acanthina perrini Acanthina rugosa Acanthina triangularis Acanthina unicornis
Ecology: epifaunal carnivore
Distribution:
• Quaternary of Argentina (3 collections), Chile (4), Ecuador (1), Mexico (10), Peru (7)
• Pliocene to Holocene of Chile (2)
• Pliocene to Pleistocene of Chile (1)
• Pliocene of Chile (6), Ecuador (1), Mexico (3), Peru (12)
• Miocene to Pliocene of Chile (2)
• Miocene of Chile (3), Peru (19), United States (1: California)
• Oligocene of Peru (1)
Total: 76 collections including 81 occurrences
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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