Urosalpinx cinerea Say 1822 (murex snail)

Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Muricidae

Alternative combinations: Fusus cinereus, Urosalpinx cinereus

Belongs to Urosalpinx according to A. J. W. Hendy et al. 2008

See also Holmes 1858 and Martin 1904

Sister taxa: Urosalpinx archipatagonica, 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 United States (28: Florida, Maryland, Massachusetts, New Jersey, New York, North Carolina, South Carolina, Virginia collections)

Total: 28 collections each including a single occurrence

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