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Boreotrophon eucymatus

Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Muricidae

Taxonomy
Boreotrophon avalonensis eucymatus was named by Dall (1902). It is extant.

It was recombined as Trophon eucymata by DeLong (1941); it was recombined as Boreotrophon eucymatus by Hendy (2021).

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

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1902Boreotrophon avalonensis eucymatus Dall p. 547
1941Trophon eucymata DeLong p. 238
2021Boreotrophon eucymatus 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
specieseucymatus(Dall 1902)

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: Middle Pleistocene or 0.77400 to 0.12900 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Middle Pleistocene0.774 - 0.129USA (California) Trophon eucymata (96894)