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Forreria belcheri (Belcher's murex)

Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Muricidae

Taxonomy
Murex belcheri was named by Hinds (1843). It is extant.

It was recombined as Chorus belcheri by Arnold (1903); it was recombined as Trophon belcheri by Nomland (1917); it was recombined as Forreria belcheri by Hendy (2021).

Subspecies
F. avita
Sister species lacking formal opinion data
F. wrighti, F. wrighti

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1843Murex belcheri Hinds p. 127
1903Chorus belcheri Arnold p. 247
1917Trophon belcheri Nomland p. 237
2021Forreria belcheri 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
subfamilyOcenebrinaeCossmann 1903
genusForreriaJousseaume 1880
speciesbelcheri(Hinds 1843)

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.

Forreria belcheri Hinds 1843 [Belcher's murex]
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†Forreria belcheri avita Nomland 1917
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available