Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Muricidae
Full reference: J. W. Durham. 1944. Megafaunal zones of the Oligocene of northwestern Washington. University of California Publications in Geological Sciences 27:101 -212
Belongs to Urosalpinx according to J. W. Durham 1944
Sister taxa: Urosalpinx archipatagonica, Urosalpinx cinerea, Urosalpinx cossmanni, Urosalpinx curtansata, Urosalpinx haneti, Urosalpinx hannibali, Urosalpinx kirbyi, Urosalpinx perrugata, Urosalpinx rusticus, Urosalpinx subangulata, Urosalpinx subrusticus
Type specimen: Its type locality is Mats-Mats Bay, which is in a Priabonian marine conglomerate/sandstone in the Quimper Formation of Washington
Ecology: epifaunal carnivore
Distribution:
• Eocene of United States (2: Washington collections)
Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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