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Boreotrophon clathratus

Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Muricidae

Taxonomy
Murex clathratus was named by Linnaeus (1767) [DISTRIBUTION: Pliocene-Recent; Caribbean.]. It is extant.

It was recombined as Trophon clathratus by Verkrüzen (1881); it was recombined as Trophonopsis clathratus by Norton (1975); it was recombined as Boreotrophon clathratus by Hendy et al. (2008).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
B. elegantula, B. rotundatus, Trophon tropica

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1767Murex clathratus Linnaeus p. 1223
1841Fusus scalariformis Gould p. 288 figs. fig. 203
1848Trophon scalariforme Wood p. 48
1881Trophon clathratus Verkrüzen pp. 85-86
1903Trophon (Boreotrophon) scalariformis Arnold p. 252
1975Trophonopsis clathratus Norton
2008Boreotrophon clathratus Hendy et al.

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classGastropoda
subclassCaenogastropoda(Cox 1959)
RankNameAuthor
—Sorbeoconcha(Ponder and Lindberg 1997)
—Hypsogastropoda(Ponder and Lindberg 1997)
superorderLatrogastropodaRiedel 2000
orderNeogastropodaThiele 1929
superfamilyMuricoideade Costa 1776
familyMuricidaeRafinesque 1815
genusBoreotrophonFischer 1884
speciesclathratus(Linnaeus 1767)

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

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Invalid names: Trophon (Boreotrophon) scalariformis Gould 1841 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: aragonitec
Locomotion: actively mobilef
Life habit: epifaunalf
Diet: carnivoref
Vision: limitedc
Created: 2009-09-10 08:22:24
Modified: 2009-09-10 10:22:24
Source: f = family, c = class
References: Hendy et al. 2009, Kiessling 2004

Age range: base of the Late/Upper Pliocene to the top of the Late/Upper Pleistocene or 3.60000 to 0.01170 Ma

Collections (12 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Pliocene3.6 - 2.588United Kingdom (England) Trophon scalariforme (84759 84798) Trophon scalariformis (84819)
Early/Lower Pleistocene2.588 - 0.781United Kingdom (England) Trophon clathratus (97968)
Pleistocene2.588 - 0.0117Iceland Trophon clathratus (79897)
Middle Pleistocene0.774 - 0.129Ireland Trophonopsis clathratus (178118)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Greenland Trophon clathratus (227030 227031)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117United Kingdom (England) Trophon scalariforme (84832)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Greenland (Disko Island) Trophon clathratus (227045 227046)
Late/Upper Pleistocene (glacial)0.129 - 0.0117Iceland Trophonopsis clathratus (75057)