Eupleura prenitida Vokes 1989 (murex snail)

Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Muricidae

Belongs to Eupleura according to G. S. Herbert 2005

See also Vokes 1989

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

Type specimen: USNM 445390, a shell. Its type locality is TU 958 - Cativa [lower Gatun Fm], which is in a Tortonian coastal siltstone in the Gatun Formation of Panama.

Ecology: epifaunal carnivore

Distribution:

• Miocene of Panama (2 collections)

Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence

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