†Purpura liguta Riedel 1933 (murex snail)
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Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Muricidae
Full reference: L. Riedel. 1933. Die Oberkreide vom Mungofluà in Kamerun und ihre Fauna. Beiträge zur Geologischen Erforschung der Deutschen Schutzgebiete 16:1-154
Belongs to Purpura according to L. Riedel 1933
Sister taxa: Purpura (Thalessa), Purpura (Tritonalia), Purpura alata, Purpura bufo, Purpura bufo, Purpura depressa, Purpura foliata, Purpura mancinella, Purpura nanna, Purpura saxicola, Purpura singuensis, Purpura topangensis, Purpura turrita, Purpura umbilicata
Ecology: epifaunal carnivore
Distribution: found only at Outcrop 47, Mungo River (Cretaceous of Cameroon)
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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