Scientific Classification
| Kingdom: Animalia |
| Phylum: Mollusca |
| Class: Gastropoda |
| Order: Neogastropoda |
| Family: Muricidae |
| Genus: Eupleura |
| Species: Eupleura leonensis Mansfield, 1930 |
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Geological Range
Paleogeographic Distribution
Stratigraphic Occurrences
| Bermont Formation [Common] |
| Caloosahatchee Formation [Common] |
| Nashua Formation [Questionable/rare] |
| Waccamaw Formation [Uncommon] |
| Duplin / Raysor Formations [Questionable/rare] |
| Tamiami Formation (Pinecrest Beds) [Common] |
Remarks
Common name: n/a
Synonymy: n/a
Type specimen, locality, and stratum: n/a
Other voucher specimens: n/a
Descriptions:
Original Description (from Mansfield, 1930, p. 86):
“Eupleura caudata leonensis closely resembles both Eupleura caudata sulcidentata Dall and E. caudata brevispira, new subspecies. It differs from the former in having more tabulated whorls and fewer and weaker spiral lines on the body whorl. E. caudata brevispira has a less acute spire. In other features the two Miocene subspecies closely agree.
The shell is rather large and consists of about seven whorls.
Type (U. S. N. M. Cat. No. 370197) measures: Altitude, 36 mm.; greatest diameter, 20 mm.
Occurrence: Upper Miocene: Harveys Creek, half a mile above abandoned mill, Leon County, Fla., type and only locality. The type was collected by the Florida State Geological Survey.”
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Measurements: n/a
Other remarks: n/a
References: n/a
Online resources: n/a
Page history:
Some of the content on this page was originally published on the Neogene Atlas of Ancient Life on July 21, 2014. It was developed by Jonathan R. Hendricks and colleagues and migrated here in 2026.
This page was last modified on October 28, 2026 by Jonathan R. Hendricks.
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