Eupleura urbinai 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

Belongs to Eupleura according to T. J. DeVries 2005

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 pleistocenensis, Eupleura plicata, Eupleura prenitida, Eupleura thompsoni, Eupleura triquetra, Eupleura vokesorum

Type specimen: UWBM 97621, a shell

Ecology: epifaunal carnivore

Distribution: found only at DV 809-1 [Pisco Fm] (Pliocene of Peru)

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