Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Muricidae
Alternative combinations: Ocenebra topangensis, Ocinebra topangensis
Full reference: R. Arnold. 1907. New and characteristic species of fossil mollusks from the oil-bearing Tertiary formations of southern California. Proceedings of the United States National Museum 32(1545):525-546
Belongs to Purpura according to W. Loel and W. H. Corey 1932
See also Addicott 1970 and Arnold 1907
Sister taxa: Purpura (Centrifuga), Purpura (Thalessa), Purpura (Tritonalia), Purpura alata, Purpura bufo, Purpura bufo, Purpura depressa, Purpura foliata, Purpura liguta, Purpura mancinella, Purpura nanna, Purpura saxicola, Purpura singuensis, Purpura turrita, Purpura umbilicata
Type specimen: USNM 164995, a shell
Distribution:
• Miocene of United States (6: California collections)
Total: 6 collections each including a single occurrence
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