Urosalpinx hannibali Dickerson 1915 (murex snail)

Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Muricidae

Full reference: R. E. Dickerson. 1915. Fauna of the Type Tejon: Its relation to the Cowlitz Phase of the Tejon Group of Washington. Proceedings of the California Academy of Sciences 5(3):33-98

Belongs to Urosalpinx according to R. E. Dickerson 1915

Sister taxa: Urosalpinx archipatagonica, Urosalpinx cinerea, Urosalpinx coombsi, Urosalpinx cossmanni, Urosalpinx curtansata, Urosalpinx haneti, Urosalpinx kirbyi, Urosalpinx perrugata, Urosalpinx rusticus, Urosalpinx subangulata, Urosalpinx subrusticus

Type specimen: CAS 334, a shell. Its type locality is UW 1, Cowlitz Formation, which is in a Bartonian marine horizon in the Cowlitz Formation of Washington.

Ecology: epifaunal carnivore

Distribution:

• Eocene of United States (4: Washington collections)

Total: 4 collections each including a single occurrence

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