Mariasalpinx Petuch 1988 (murex snail)

Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Muricidae

Full reference: E. J. Petuch. 1988. Neogene History of Tropical American Mollusks 1-217

Parent taxon: Ocenebrinae according to E. J. Petuch 1988

See also Sepkoski 2002

Sister taxa: Acanthina, Califostoma, Carhuaspina, Crassilabrum, Eupleura, Forreria, Herminespina, Jsowerbya, Kestocenebra, Muregina, Pterorytis, Pterynopsis, Tactilispina, Urosalpinx, Vokesinotus

Subtaxa: Mariasalpinx emilyae

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Type: Mariasalpinx emilyae

Ecology: epifaunal carnivore

Distribution: found only at Chancellor Point [St. Marys Fm] (Miocene of Maryland)

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