Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Muricidae
Full reference: W. Loel and W. H. Corey. 1932. The Vaqueros Formation, Lower Miocene of California. I. Paleontology. University of California Publications, Bulletin of the Department of Geological Sciences 22(3):31-410
Belongs to Tritonalia according to W. Loel and W. H. Corey 1932
Sister taxa: Purpura (Tritonalia) vindobonensis, Tritonalia dorrancei, Tritonalia quilonica, Tritonalia suborbiculata, Tritonalia temelenta, Tritonalia tethys, Tritonalia volutaeformis
Type specimen: UCMP 31619, a shell. Its type locality is UCMP loc. A602, Santa Ynez Mountains, which is in a Miocene coastal conglomerate in the Vaqueros Formation of California.
Ecology: epifaunal carnivore
Distribution:
• Miocene of United States (3: California collections)
Total: 3 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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