Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Muricidae
Alternative spellings: Purpura (Stramonita), Thais (Stramonita)
Parent taxon: Rapaninae according to T. J. DeVries 2007
See also Harzhauser 2002, Ladd 1977, Sepkoski 2002, Todd 2001, Vera-Peláez et al. 2004, Vermeij 2001, Vermeij and Herbert 2004, Vredenburg 1925, Wilson 1994 and Woodring 1959
Sister taxa: Califrapana, Concholepas, Ecphora, Indothais, Neorapana, Rapana, Sargana, Thaisella, Tritonopsis
Subtaxa: Purpura (Stramonita) angulata Stramonita brasiliensis Stramonita canaliculata Stramonita chocolata Stramonita delessertiana Stramonita floridana Stramonita haemostoma Stramonita huaricanganensis Stramonita penelaevis Stramonita rustica Stramonita semiplicata Stramonita zinsmeisteri Thais (Stramonita) exilis Thais (Stramonita) imperialis Thais (Stramonita) ponderosa
Ecology: epifaunal carnivore
Distribution:
• Quaternary of Angola (1 collection), Bermuda (1), Chile (2), Mexico (3), Namibia (5), Peru (10), Portugal (6), South Africa (1), Spain (9), United States (12: California, Florida, Louisiana, Maryland, New Jersey), Uruguay (2), Venezuela (1)
• Pliocene to Pleistocene of United States (2: Oregon, Washington)
• Pliocene of Chile (1), Costa Rica (1), Jamaica (1), Peru (5), Trinidad and Tobago (6), United States (5: California, Florida, Oregon), Venezuela (3)
• Miocene to Pliocene of the Dominican Republic (3)
• Miocene of Argentina (1), Austria (1), the Dominican Republic (1), Fiji (1), Greece (2), Pakistan (1), Panama (2), Poland (1), Romania (1), Trinidad and Tobago (2), Venezuela (1)
Total: 94 collections including 100 occurrences
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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