Purpura (Purpura) nanna Nomland 1917 (murex snail)

Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Muricidae

Alternative combination: Purpura nanna

Full reference: J. O. Nomland. 1917. Fauna of the Santa Margarita beds in the North Coalinga region of California. University of California Publications Bulletin of the Department of Geology 10(18):293-326

Belongs to Purpura (Purpura) according to U. S. Grant, IV and H. R. Gale 1931

See also Nomland 1917

Sister taxa: none

Type specimen: UCMP 11315, a shell. Its type locality is UCMP loc. 2279, which is in a Miocene marine sandstone in the Santa Margarita Formation of California.

Ecology: epifaunal carnivore

Distribution: found only at UCMP loc. 2279

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