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Gastropoda: Neogastropoda: Muricoidea: Muricopsinae

Murexiella puntagordana (Weisbord, 1962)


Range: 10.5°N ; 67°W
Maximum Reported Size: 13  mm

Details


Murex (Favartia) puntagordanum [sic] Weisbord, 1962, p. 292-293, pl. 26, figs. 7-8
[Basis of the current name]
Type Locality: Playa Grande formation (Maiquetía member) at W-23, north flank of Punta Forda anticline
Range: 10.5°N ; 67°W
Maximum Reported Size: 13 mm
Distribution: Venezuela: Vargas
References: E. H. Vokes (1994) NSEWM
Comments: Described as a fossil.


Partial List of References

Weisbord, N. E. 1962. Late Cenozoic gastropods from northern Venezuela Bulletins of American Paleontology 42(193) 672 pp., 48 pls. [Stated date: 05 Mar 1962.]

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