Purpura singuensis Vredenburg 1921 (murex snail)

Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Muricidae

Full reference: E. Vredenburg. 1921. Analysis of the Singu fauna founded on Rao Bahadur S. Rama Rau's collections. Records of the Geological Survey of India 53:331-342

Belongs to Purpura according to E. Vredenburg 1921

Sister taxa: Purpura (Thalessa), Purpura (Tritonalia), Purpura alata, Purpura bufo, Purpura bufo, Purpura depressa, Purpura foliata, Purpura liguta, Purpura mancinella, Purpura nanna, Purpura saxicola, Purpura topangensis, Purpura turrita, Purpura umbilicata

Type specimen: Its type locality is Singu (Singu stage), which is in a Chattian marine horizon in the Singu Formation of Myanmar

Ecology: epifaunal carnivore

Distribution: found only at Singu (Singu stage)

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