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Ocenebra milicentana

Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Muricidae

Taxonomy
Purpura milicentana was named by Loel and Corey (1932) [DISTRIBUTION: Early Miocene; California.]. Its type specimen is UCMP 31886, a shell, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is UCMP Loc. 6128, Arroyo Trabuco, Santa Ana Mountains, which is in a Miocene coastal sandstone in the Vaqueros Formation of California.

It was recombined as Ocenebra milicentana by Addicott (1970).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
O. beta, O. cazeuxi, O. chavesi, O. danconai, O. japonica, O. luridus

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1932Purpura milicentana Loel and Corey
1970Ocenebra milicentana Addicott p. 79 figs. Plate 8, figures 18, 19

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classGastropoda
subclassCaenogastropoda(Cox 1959)
RankNameAuthor
—Sorbeoconcha(Ponder and Lindberg 1997)
—Hypsogastropoda(Ponder and Lindberg 1997)
superorderLatrogastropodaRiedel 2000
orderNeogastropodaThiele 1929
superfamilyMuricoideade Costa 1776
familyMuricidaeRafinesque 1815
genusOcenebraLeach in Gray 1847
speciesmilicentana()

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

†Ocenebra milicentana Loel and Corey 1932
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available