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Boreotrophon orpheus

Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Muricidae

Taxonomy
Fusus orpheus was named by Gould (1842). It is extant.

It was recombined as Trophon orpheus by Ashley (1895); it was recombined as Boreotrophon orpheus by Hendy (2021).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1842Fusus orpheus Gould p. 142
1895Trophon orpheus Ashley p. 343
2021Boreotrophon orpheus Hendy

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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
speciesorpheus(Gould 1842)

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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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: Kiessling 2004, Hendy et al. 2009

Age range: base of the Early/Lower Pleistocene to the top of the Middle Pleistocene or 2.58800 to 0.12900 Ma

Collections (10 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Early/Lower Pleistocene2.588 - 0.781USA (California) Boreotrophon orpheus (168757 231899)
Middle Pleistocene0.774 - 0.129USA (California) Boreotrophon orpheus (202632 202633 202634 202636 202637 202638 202646 202648)