Carhuaspina DeVries 2005 (murex snail)

Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Muricidae

Full reference: T. J. DeVries. 2005. Late Cenozoic Muricidae from Peru: Seven new species and a biogeographic summary. The Veliger 47(4):277-293

Parent taxon: Ocenebrinae according to T. J. DeVries 2005

Sister taxa: Acanthina, Califostoma, Crassilabrum, Eupleura, Forreria, Herminespina, Jsowerbya, Kestocenebra, Mariasalpinx, Muregina, Pterorytis, Pterynopsis, Tactilispina, Urosalpinx, Vokesinotus

Subtaxa: Carhuaspina comotrana

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Type: Carhuaspina comotrana

Ecology: epifaunal carnivore

Distribution: found only at DV 396-14 [Chilcatay Fm] (Miocene of Peru)

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