Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Muricidae
Alternative combinations: Chicoreus crispangula, Murex (Chicoreus) crispangula, Murex crispangula
Synonyms: Chicoreus larvaecosta Heilprin 1887, Murex (Chicoreus) larvaecosta Heilprin 1887, Murex larvaecosta Heilprin 1887
Belongs to Murexiella (Murexiella) according to E. H. Vokes 1968
Sister taxa: Murexiella (Murexiella) calhounensis, Murexiella (Murexiella) glypta, Murexiella (Murexiella) graceae, Murexiella (Murexiella) hidalgoi, Murexiella (Murexiella) levicula, Murexiella (Murexiella) mantelli, Murexiella (Murexiella) petiti, Murexiella (Murexiella) puntagordanum, Murexiella (Murexiella) shilohensis, Murexiella (Murexiella) veracruzana
Type specimens:
- Murexiella (Murexiella) crispangula: Wagner Free Inst. Sci. 867, a shell. Its type locality is TU 78 - Claiborne Bluff [Gosport Sand], which is in a Bartonian coastal sandstone in the Gosport Sand Formation of Alabama.
- Chicoreus larvaecosta: Wagner Free Inst. Sci. 867, a shell.
Ecology: epifaunal carnivore
Distribution:
• Oligocene to Miocene of United States (1: Florida collection)
• Eocene of United States (1: Alabama)
Total: 2 collections including 3 occurrences
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