Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Muricidae
Alternative combinations: Purpura vaquerosensis, Rapana vaquerosensis, Thais vaquerosensis
Synonyms: Rapana imperialis Hertlein and Jordan 1927, Rapana serrai Wiedey 1928, Rapana vaquerosensis imperialis Hertlein and Jordan 1927
Full reference: R. Arnold. 1908. New and characteristic species of fossil mollusks from the oil-bearing Tertiary formations of Santa Barbara County, California. Smithsonian Miscellaneous Contributions 50(4):419-436
Belongs to Califrapana according to C. L. Powell and R. Houart 2021
See also Anderson and Martin 1914, Arnold 1908, Dickerson 1914, Hertlein and Jordan 1927, Loel and Corey 1932 and Wiedey 1928
Sister taxa: none
Type specimens:
- Califrapana vaquerosensis: Collection of Delos Arnold, Pasadena, California, a shell
- Rapana imperialis: LSJU (no number), a shell. Its type locality is LSJU Loc. 57, La Purisima Cliffs, which is in a Miocene marine sandstone in the Isidro Formation of Mexico.
- Rapana serrai: SDSNH 13, a shell. Its type locality is LSJU loc. 442, Kavanaugh Creek, which is in a Miocene coastal sandstone in the Vaqueros Formation of California.
Distribution:
• Miocene of Mexico (6 collections), United States (13: California)
• Oligocene of United States (15: California)
Total: 34 collections each including a single occurrence
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