†Purpura (Purpura) nanna Nomland 1917 (murex snail)
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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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