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Scabrotrophon cerritensis

Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Muricidae

Taxonomy
Trophon (Boreotrophon) cerritensis was named by Arnold (1903). It is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Los Cerritos - Upper San Pedro Series [Palos Verdes Sand], which is in a Pleistocene coastal sandstone in the Palos Verdes Sand Formation of California.

It was recombined as Scabrotrophon cerritensis by Hendy (2021).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1903Trophon (Boreotrophon) cerritensis Arnold pp. 249 - 250 figs. Pl.\te VI, Fig. 6
2021Scabrotrophon cerritensis 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
subfamilyTrophoninaeCossmann 1903
genusScabrotrophonMcLean 1996
speciescerritensis()

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
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