Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Muricidae
Alternative combination: Trophon perelegans
Full reference: J. O. Nomland. 1917. Fauna of the Santa Margarita beds in the North Coalinga region of California. University of California Publications Bulletin of the Department of Geology 10(18):293-326
Belongs to Trophon (Boreotrophon) according to U. S. Grant, IV and H. R. Gale 1931
See also Nomland 1917
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 raymondi, Boreotrophon stuarti, Boreotrophon tetricus, Boreotrophon triangulatus, Boreotrophon tripherus, Trophon (Boreotrophon) gracilis, Trophon (Boreotrophon) raymondi, Trophon (Boreotrophon) stuarti
Type specimen: UCMP 11321, a shell. Its type locality is near Graham oil well, which is in a Miocene marine sandstone in the Santa Margarita Formation of California.
Ecology: epifaunal carnivore
Distribution: found only at near Graham oil well
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