Boreotrophon raymondi Moody 1916 (murex snail)

Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Muricidae

Alternative combination: Trophon raymondi

Full reference: C. L. Moody. 1916. Fauna of the Fernando of Los Angeles. University of California, Bulletin of the Department of Geology 10(4):39-62

Belongs to Boreotrophon according to A. Hendy 2021

See also Hall 2002 and Moody 1916

Sister taxa: Boreotrophon apolyonis, Boreotrophon avalonensis, Boreotrophon clathratus, Boreotrophon eucymatus, Boreotrophon fleenerensis, Boreotrophon harasewychi, Boreotrophon laevis, Boreotrophon multicostatus, Boreotrophon orpheus, Boreotrophon pacificus, Boreotrophon pedroana, Boreotrophon stuarti, Boreotrophon tetricus, Boreotrophon triangulatus, Boreotrophon tripherus, Trophon (Boreotrophon) gracilis, Trophon (Boreotrophon) perelegans, Trophon (Boreotrophon) raymondi, Trophon (Boreotrophon) stuarti

Type specimen: UCMP 11088, a shell. Its type locality is UCMP loc. 3030, Fourth Street and Broadway Street, Los Angeles, which is in a Piacenzian marine claystone in the Fernando Formation of California.

Ecology: epifaunal carnivore

Distribution: found only at LACMIP 471, Vista Entrada

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