Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Muricidae
Alternative spelling: Thais (Nucella)
Parent taxon: Muricidae according to M. Oliverio and P. Mariottini 2001
See also Addicott 1970, Grant, IV and Gale 1931, Kensley and Pether 1986 and Sepkoski 2002
Sister taxa: Acanthotrophon, Aspella, Atractodon, Attiliosa, Austrotrophon, Babelomurex, Boreotrophon, Calothrophon, Calotrophon, Cathymorula, Coralliophilinae, Crassimurex, Cymia, Dermomurex, Drupinae, Eofavartia, Ergalataxinae, Favartia, Hadriania, Haustrinae, Heteropurpura, Hexaplex, Homalocantha, Jaton, Lyrotyphis, Mexacanthina, Monoceros, Morula, Murexiella, Murexsul, Muricanthus, Muricidea, Muricinae, Muricopsinae, Muricopsis, Murotriton, Nucellopsis, Ocenebra, Ocenebrinae, Ocinebrina, Ocinebrinae, Odontopolys, Orania, Pagodula, Phyllocoma, Ponderia, Pterochelus, Pteropurpura, Pterorhytis, Pterotyphis, Pterymarchia, Pterynotus, Purpura, Purpurellus, Pygmaepterys, Rapaninae, Reishia, Shaskyus, Siphonochelus, Sohliina, Spinidrupa, Spinucella, Thaidinae, Thais, Trachypollia, Tripterotyphinae, Tritonaliinae, Trophoninae, Typhinae, Typhinellus, Typhis, Vitularia, Yasila, Yunomys
Subtaxa: Nucella (Acanthinucella) Nucella etchegoinensis Nucella incrassata Nucella lamellosa Nucella lapillus Nucella praecingulata Thais (Nucella) collomi Thais (Nucella) elsmerensis Thais (Nucella) shumanensis
Ecology: epifaunal carnivore
Distribution:
• Quaternary of Chile (10 collections), Ireland (1), Mexico (8), Morocco (1), Namibia (1), the Netherlands (3), South Africa (5), Spain (3), the United Kingdom (16), United States (43: California, Maine, New York, Oregon, Washington)
• Pliocene to Pleistocene of United States (5: California, Oregon, Washington)
• Pliocene of Belgium (1), Indonesia (1), Japan (1), Mexico (2), South Africa (6), the United Kingdom (1), United States (9: Alaska, California, Oregon)
• Miocene to Pliocene of United States (1: California)
• Miocene of Japan (1), United States (6: California)
Total: 125 collections including 145 occurrences
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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