Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Muricidae

Alternative combination: Purpura edmondi

Full reference: R. Arnold. 1907. New and characteristic species of fossil mollusks from the oil-bearing Tertiary formations of southern California. Proceedings of the United States National Museum 32(1545):525-546

Belongs to Thais (Thaisella) according to W.O. Addicott 1970

See also Arnold 1907

Sister taxa: none

Type specimen: USNM 164983, a shell

Ecology: epifaunal carnivore

Distribution: found only at SDSNH 4312, Fossil Reef Park (Miocene of California)

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