Stramonita zinsmeisteri DeVries 2007 (murex snail)

Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Muricidae

Full reference: T. J. DeVries. 2007. Three new Pliocene species of Stramonita Schumacher, 1817 (Murcidae: Rapaninae) from Western South America and the evolution of modern Stramonita chocolata (Duclos, 1832). The Veliger 48(4):247-259

Belongs to Stramonita according to T. J. DeVries 2007

Sister taxa: Purpura (Stramonita) angulata, Stramonita brasiliensis, Stramonita canaliculata, Stramonita chocolata, Stramonita delessertiana, Stramonita floridana, Stramonita haemostoma, Stramonita huaricanganensis, Stramonita penelaevis, Stramonita rustica, Stramonita semiplicata, Thais (Stramonita) exilis, Thais (Stramonita) ponderosa

Type specimen: UUCMP 156004, a shell

Ecology: epifaunal carnivore

Distribution: found only at Arauco Peninsula, Huenteguapi Sandstone Fm (Pliocene of Chile)

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