Concholepas Lamarck 1801 (murex snail)

Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Muricidae

Parent taxon: Rapaninae according to T. J. DeVries 2000

See also Kiessling 2004 and Sepkoski 2002

Sister taxa: Califrapana, Ecphora, Indothais, Neorapana, Rapana, Sargana, Stramonita, Thaisella, Tritonopsis

Subtaxa: Concholepas antiquatus Concholepas camerata Concholepas chirotensis Concholepas concholepas Concholepas drezi Concholepas kieneri Concholepas nodosa Concholepas unguis

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Ecology: epifaunal carnivore

Distribution:

• Quaternary of Chile (19 collections), Peru (5)

• Pliocene to Pleistocene of Chile (1)

• Pliocene of Chile (6), Peru (19)

• Miocene to Pliocene of Chile (1)

• Neogene of Chile (2)

• Miocene of Chile (1), Peru (10), United States (2: Florida)

• Eocene of Peru (1)

Total: 67 collections including 74 occurrences

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