Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Muricidae
Full reference: G. J. Vermeij. 1998. New Genera of Cenozoic Muricid Gastropods, with Comments on the Mode of Formation of the Labral Tooth. Journal of Paleontology 72(5):855-864
Parent taxon: Ocenebrinae according to T. J. DeVries 2005
See also Sepkoski 2002 and Vermeij 1998
Sister taxa: Acanthina, Califostoma, Carhuaspina, Crassilabrum, Eupleura, Forreria, Herminespina, Jsowerbya, Kestocenebra, Mariasalpinx, Pterorytis, Pterynopsis, Tactilispina, Urosalpinx, Vokesinotus
Subtaxa: Muregina carlosmithi Muregina lugubris Muregina marijkeae
Type: Murex lugubris
Ecology: epifaunal carnivore
Distribution:
• Pliocene of Peru (5 collections)
• Miocene of Peru (1)
Total: 6 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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