Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Muricidae
Full reference: C. L. Powell, II and R. Houart. 2021. Califrapana: a new genus of California and Bája California late Oligocene to early Miocene muricids previously attributed to the genus Rapana (Mollusca: Gastropoda: Muricidae). Paleobios 38:52825
Parent taxon: Rapaninae according to C. L. Powell and R. Houart 2021
Sister taxa: Concholepas, Ecphora, Indothais, Neorapana, Rapana, Sargana, Stramonita, Thaisella, Tritonopsis
Subtaxa: Califrapana vaquerosensis
Type: Purpura vaquerosensis
Ecology: epifaunal carnivore
Distribution:
• Miocene of Mexico (6 collections), United States (34: California)
• Oligocene of United States (15: California)
Total: 55 collections including 61 occurrences
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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