Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Muricidae
Full reference: B. L. Clark. 1938. Fauna from the Markley Formation (Upper Eocene) on Pleasant Creek, California . Bulletin of the Geological Society of America 49:683-730
Belongs to Urosalpinx according to B. L. Clark 1938
Sister taxa: Urosalpinx archipatagonica, Urosalpinx cinerea, Urosalpinx coombsi, Urosalpinx cossmanni, Urosalpinx curtansata, Urosalpinx haneti, Urosalpinx hannibali, Urosalpinx perrugata, Urosalpinx rusticus, Urosalpinx subangulata, Urosalpinx subrusticus
Type specimen: UCMP 30879, a shell. Its type locality is UCMP A1297, which is in an Eocene marine sandstone in the Markley Formation of California.
Ecology: epifaunal carnivore
Distribution: found only at UCMP A1297
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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