Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Muricidae
Alternative combination: Purpura milicentana
Full reference: W. Loel and W. H. Corey. 1932. The Vaqueros Formation, Lower Miocene of California (Part 1). University of California Publications, Bulletin of the Department of Geological Sciences 22(3):31-410
Belongs to Ocenebra according to W.O. Addicott 1970
See also Loel and Corey 1932
Sister taxa: Murex (Ocenebra) alveolatus, Murex (Ocenebra) biconicus, Murex (Ocenebra) crassiliratus, Murex (Ocenebra) prionotus, Murex (Ocenebra) tridentatus, Murex (Ocinebra) dalli, Murex (Ocinebra) nashi, Murex (Ocinebra) packardi, Murex (Ocinebra) selbyensis, Murex (Ocinebra) sobrantensis, Murex (Ocinebra) tethys, Ocenebra ashiyaensis, Ocenebra bonaccorsii, Ocenebra clarki, Ocenebra crassilabiatus, Ocenebra credneri, Ocenebra depoensis, Ocenebra erinaceus, Ocenebra gabbiana, Ocenebra petrocyon, Ocenebra scalaris, Ocenebra striata, Ocenebra trophonoides, Ocenebra wilkesana, Ocinebra dietrichi
Type specimen: UCMP 31886, a shell
Ecology: epifaunal carnivore
Distribution:
• Miocene of United States (2: California collections)
• Oligocene of United States (2: California)
Total: 4 collections each including a single occurrence
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