Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Muricidae
Alternative combinations: Bursa (Eupleura) caudata, Ranella caudata
Belongs to Eupleura according to B. Landau and C. Marques da Silva 2010
See also DeVries 2005, Gardner 1948, Herbert 2005, Holmes 1858, Spencer and Campbell 1987, Vokes 1989 and Woodring 1959
Sister taxa: Eupleura curta, 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 pleistocenensis, Eupleura plicata, Eupleura prenitida, Eupleura thompsoni, Eupleura triquetra, Eupleura urbinai, Eupleura vokesorum
Ecology: epifaunal carnivore
Distribution:
• Quaternary of United States (46: Florida, Georgia, Maryland, Massachusetts, New Jersey, New York, North Carolina, South Carolina, Virginia collections)
• Pliocene of United States (2: Florida, North Carolina)
• Miocene of United States (1: Virginia), Venezuela (1)
Total: 50 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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