Eupleura curta Arnold 1903 (murex snail)

Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Muricidae

Alternative combination: Eupleura muriciformis curta

Full reference: R. Arnold. 1903. The Paleontology and Stratigraphy of the Marine Pliocene and Pleistocene of San Pedro, California. Contributions to Biology from The Hopkins Seaside Laboratory 31

Belongs to Eupleura according to A. Hendy 2021

See also Arnold 1903 and Grant, IV and Gale 1931

Sister taxa: Eupleura caudata, Eupleura engerrabunda, Eupleura gravidentata, Eupleura harbisoni, Eupleura kugleri, Eupleura lehneri, Eupleura leonensis, Eupleura limata, Eupleura muriciformis, Eupleura nitida, Eupleura olssoni, Eupleura paroudia, Eupleura pectinata, Eupleura perangulata, Eupleura pleistocenensis, Eupleura plicata, Eupleura prenitida, Eupleura thompsoni, Eupleura triquetra, Eupleura urbinai, Eupleura vokesorum

Ecology: epifaunal carnivore

Distribution: found only at Lumberyard, San Pedro - Upper San Pedro Series [Palos Verdes Sand] (Quaternary of California)

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