Muricopsis whitneyi Gabb 1864 (murex snail)

Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Muricidae

Alternative combinations: Latirus whitneyi, Murex whitneyi, Nyctilochus whitneyi, Tritonium whitneyi

Synonym: Murex beali Anderson and Hanna 1925

Full reference: W. M. Gabb. 1864. Description of the Cretaceous fossils. Geological Survey of California Palaeontology 1:57-217

Belongs to Muricopsis according to H. E. Vokes 1939

See also Anderson and Hanna 1925, Dickerson 1916, Gabb 1864 and Stewart 1927

Sister taxa: Muricopsis (Muricopsis), Muricopsis (Risomurex), Muricopsis bulbosinucleus, Muricopsis exhexagonus, Muricopsis peregra, Muricopsis vistaensis

Ecology: epifaunal carnivore

Distribution:

• Eocene of United States (9: California collections)

Total: 9 collections including 10 occurrences

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