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Forreria

Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Muricidae

Taxonomy
Forreria was named by Jousseaume (1880) [Sepkoski's age data: T Mi-l R Sepkoski's reference number: 123,854]. It is extant.

It was reranked as Trophon (Forreria) by Arnold (1909).

It was assigned to Trophon by Arnold (1909); to Muricidae by Addicott (1970); to Ocenebrinae by Vaught et al. (1989); and to Neogastropoda by Sepkoski (2002).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1880Forreria Jousseaume
1909Trophon (Forreria) Arnold p. 59
1970Forreria Addicott p. 77
1989Forreria Vaught et al. p. 49
2002Forreria Sepkoski

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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

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.

G. Forreria Jousseaume 1880
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Forreria belcheri Hinds 1843
†Forreria cancellaroides Arnold 1909
†Forreria coalingense Arnold 1909
†Forreria emersoni Addicott 1970
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: Hendy et al. 2009, Kiessling 2004

Age range

Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Early/Lower Miocene to the top of the Late/Upper Pleistocene or 23.03000 to 0.01170 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 15.97 Ma

Collections (50 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Early/Lower Miocene23.03 - 15.97USA (California) F. bartoni (196138 196169)
Early/Lower Miocene23.03 - 15.97Mexico (Baja California Sur) F. sp. (96569)
Early/Lower Miocene - Middle Miocene23.03 - 11.608Mexico (Baja California Sur) F. sp. (43808)
Miocene23.03 - 5.333USA (California) F. belcheri (195039) F. coalingense (195076 195078)
Late/Upper Miocene11.608 - 5.333USA (California) F. carisaensis (164674)
Late/Upper Miocene - Early/Lower Pliocene11.608 - 3.6USA (California) F. coalingensis (37551)
Messinian7.246 - 5.333USA (California) F. belcheri (194797 194801 194803 194870 194894 194895 195032) F. coalingense (195038) F. coalingense, F. belcheri (194796) F. sp. (194802 194806 195033)
Early/Lower Pliocene5.333 - 3.6USA (California) F. belcheri (97233 97235 97401) Trophon coalingense (206365 206370 220197)
Pliocene5.333 - 2.588Mexico (Baja California Sur) F. belcheri (43686)
Pliocene5.333 - 2.588Mexico (Baja California) F. belcheri (97126) F. sp., F. wrighti (97127)
Pliocene5.333 - 2.588USA (California) Trophon coalingense (216869 216911)
Zanclean - Gelasian5.333 - 1.806USA (California) F. belcheri (214267)
Late/Upper Pliocene3.6 - 2.588USA (California) F. belcheri (200398 238606 238613 238615 238623)
Gelasian2.588 - 1.806USA (California) F. belcheri (214286) F. wrighti (214287)
Middle Pleistocene - Late/Upper Pleistocene0.774 - 0.0117USA (California) Chorus belcheri (222646)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117USA (California) Chorus belcheri (222660 222661 222662) F. belchei (96566) F. belcheri (59063 96937 160361 219029 222956)