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Trophon patagonicus

Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Muricidae

Taxonomy
Fusus patagonicus was named by Sowerby (1846) [DISTRIBUTION: Oligocene-Miocene; Chile, Argentina.]. It is not a trace fossil.

It was recombined as Trophon (Trophonopsis) patagonicus by Cossmann (1903); it was recombined as Trophon patagonicus by Ortmann (1902), Ihering (1907), Ihering (1907), Carcelles (1946), Chiesa et al. (1995) and Frassinetti and Covacevich (1999).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
T. umzambiensis, T. tropica

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1846Fusus patagonicus Sowerby
1902Trophon patagonicus Ortmann p. 215
1903Trophon (Trophonopsis) patagonicus Cossmann p. 54
1907Trophon patagonicus Ihering
1946Trophon patagonicus Carcelles
1995Trophon patagonicus Chiesa et al. p. 56
1999Trophon patagonicus Frassinetti and Covacevich p. 50

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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
subfamilyTrophoninaeCossmann 1903
genusTrophonMontfort 1810
speciespatagonicus(Sowerby 1846)

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.

†Trophon patagonicus Sowerby 1846
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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 Aquitanian to the top of the Burdigalian or 23.03000 to 15.97000 Ma

Collections (6 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Oligocene - Pliocene33.9 - 2.588Argentina (Santa Cruz) Trophon patagonicus (50076)
Aquitanian23.03 - 20.44Argentina Fusus patagonicus (45887)
Early/Lower Miocene23.03 - 15.97Chile Trophon patagonicus (78425 78429)
Burdigalian20.44 - 15.97Argentina Trophon patagonicus (65179 65185)