Eupleura muriciformis Broderip 1833 (murex snail)

Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Muricidae

Alternative combinations: Euspira muriciformis, Ranella muriciformis

Belongs to Eupleura according to A. J. W. Hendy 2020

See also Arnold 1903, Herbert 2005 and Landau and Marques da Silva 2010

Sister taxa: Eupleura caudata, Eupleura curta, Eupleura engerrabunda, Eupleura gravidentata, Eupleura harbisoni, Eupleura kugleri, Eupleura lehneri, Eupleura leonensis, Eupleura limata, Eupleura nitida, Eupleura olssoni, Eupleura paroudia, Eupleura pectinata, Eupleura pleistocenensis, Eupleura plicata, Eupleura prenitida, Eupleura thompsoni, Eupleura triquetra, Eupleura urbinai, Eupleura vokesorum

Type specimen: BMNH 1998112, a shell

Ecology: epifaunal carnivore

Distribution:

• Quaternary of United States (7: California collections)

• Pliocene to Pleistocene of Ecuador (1)

• Pliocene of Ecuador (1), Venezuela (3)

• Miocene of Venezuela (1)

Total: 13 collections each including a single occurrence

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