Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Muricidae
Full reference: B. Kensley and J. Pether. 1986. Late Tertiary and Early Quaternary Fossil Mollusca for the Hondeklip Area, Cape Province, South Africa. Annals of the South African Museum 97(6):141-225
Belongs to Ocenebra according to B. Kensley and J. Pether 1986
Sister taxa: Murex (Ocenebra) alveolatus, Murex (Ocenebra) biconicus, Murex (Ocenebra) crassiliratus, Murex (Ocenebra) prionotus, Murex (Ocenebra) tridentatus, Murex (Ocinebra) dalli, Murex (Ocinebra) nashi, Murex (Ocinebra) packardi, Murex (Ocinebra) selbyensis, Murex (Ocinebra) sobrantensis, Murex (Ocinebra) tethys, Ocenebra ashiyaensis, Ocenebra bonaccorsii, Ocenebra clarki, Ocenebra crassilabiatus, Ocenebra credneri, Ocenebra depoensis, Ocenebra erinaceus, Ocenebra gabbiana, Ocenebra milicentana, Ocenebra scalaris, Ocenebra striata, Ocenebra trophonoides, Ocenebra wilkesana, Ocinebra dietrichi
Type specimen: SAM-PQ-HB533, a shell. Its type locality is Hondeklip 30m Complex 2, which is in a Pleistocene transition zone/lower shoreface horizon in South Africa.
Ecology: epifaunal carnivore
Distribution: found only at Hondeklip 30m Complex 2
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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