Eupleura plicata Reeve 1844 (murex snail)

Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Muricidae

Alternative combination: Ranella plicata

Belongs to Eupleura according to B. Landau and C. Marques da Silva 2010

See also Grant, IV and Gale 1931 and Herbert 2005

Sister taxa: Eupleura caudata, Eupleura curta, Eupleura engerrabunda, Eupleura gravidentata, Eupleura harbisoni, Eupleura kugleri, Eupleura lehneri, Eupleura leonensis, Eupleura limata, Eupleura muriciformis, Eupleura nitida, Eupleura olssoni, Eupleura paroudia, Eupleura pectinata, Eupleura perangulata, Eupleura pleistocenensis, Eupleura prenitida, Eupleura thompsoni, Eupleura triquetra, Eupleura urbinai, Eupleura vokesorum

Type specimen: UMCZ I.100.275, a shell

Ecology: epifaunal carnivore

Distribution: there are no occurrences of Eupleura plicata in the database

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