Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Muricidae
Alternative combinations: Murex macgintyi, Murexiella (Murexiella) macgintyi
Belongs to Murexiella according to L. W. Ward and B.W. Blackwelder 1987
See also Vokes 1968
Sister taxa: Murexiella (Murexiella), Murexiella (Subpterynotus), Murexiella cumberlandiana, Murexiella keenae, Murexiella santarosana
Type specimen: Its type locality is TU 520 - Brighton (unnamed formation), which is in a Pleistocene coastal horizon in Florida
Ecology: epifaunal carnivore
Distribution:
• Quaternary of United States (18: Florida, South Carolina collections)
• Pliocene to Pleistocene of United States (3: Florida)
• Pliocene of Mexico (1), United States (10: Florida), Venezuela (1)
• Miocene of the Dominican Republic (1)
Total: 34 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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