†Purpura turrita Martin 1879 (murex snail)
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Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Muricidae
Full reference: K. Martin. 1879. Die Tertiärschichten auf Java. Nach den Entdeckungen von Fr. Junghuhn. Geologische-Reichsmuseum 1-164
Belongs to Purpura according to K. Martin 1879
Sister taxa: Purpura (Centrifuga), Purpura (Thalessa), Purpura (Tritonalia), Purpura alata, Purpura bufo, Purpura bufo, Purpura depressa, Purpura foliata, Purpura liguta, Purpura mancinella, Purpura nanna, Purpura saxicola, Purpura singuensis, Purpura topangensis, Purpura umbilicata
Ecology: epifaunal carnivore
Distribution: found only at Junghuhn’s Locality K (Miocene of Indonesia)
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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