Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Muricidae
Alternative combinations: Murex (Pteropurpura) weisbordi, Pterynotus weisbordi
Full reference: G. D. Harris and K. E. H. Palmer. 1947. The Mollusca of the Mississippi Embayment (Sabine River to the Alabama River). Pt. II. Univalves and index. Bulletins of American Paleontology 30(117):207-563
Belongs to Pterynotus (Pterynotus) according to E. H. Vokes 1970
Sister taxa: Pterynotus (Pterynotus) burnsii, Pterynotus (Pterynotus) bushae, Pterynotus (Pterynotus) crenulatus, Pterynotus (Pterynotus) havanensis, Pterynotus (Pterynotus) hoerlei, Pterynotus (Pterynotus) matthewsensis, Pterynotus (Pterynotus) micropterus, Pterynotus (Pterynotus) phaneus, Pterynotus (Pterynotus) pinnatus, Pterynotus (Pterynotus) posti, Pterynotus (Pterynotus) propeposti, Pterynotus (Pterynotus) rufirupicolus, Pterynotus (Pterynotus) sabinola, Pterynotus (Pterynotus) stenzeli, Pterynotus (Pterynotus) washingtonicus
Type specimen: PRI 4657, a shell. Its type locality is PRI Moodys Branch marl locality 11, which is in a Bartonian marine marl in the Moodys Branch Formation of Mississippi.
Distribution:
• Eocene of United States (5: Louisiana, Mississippi collections)
Total: 5 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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