Purpura mancinella Linnaeus 1758 (murex snail)

Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Muricidae

Alternative combination: Murex mancinella

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 nanna, Purpura saxicola, Purpura singuensis, Purpura topangensis, Purpura turrita, Purpura umbilicata

Ecology: epifaunal carnivore

Distribution: found only at Junghuhn’s Locality R [Nanggulan Gp] (Eocene of Indonesia)

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