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Boreotrophon raymondi

Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Muricidae

Taxonomy
Trophon raymondi was named by Moody (1916). It is extant. Its type specimen is 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.

It was recombined as Trophon (Boreotrophon) raymondi by Soper and Grant (1932); it was recombined as Boreotrophon raymondi by Hall (2002), Hendy (2021).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
B. candelabrum, B. capito, B. elegantula, B. macouni, B. meridionalis, B. osawanoensis, B. pedroanis, B. rotundatus, B. truncatus, Trochonopsis beringi, Trophon tropica
Entered
by A. Hendy on 2021-12-07

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1916Trophon raymondi Moody p. 53 figs. pl. 1, figs, 1a, 1b
1932Trophon (Boreotrophon) raymondi Soper and Grant
2002Boreotrophon raymondi Hall pp. table A15
2021Boreotrophon raymondi 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
genusBoreotrophonFischer 1884
speciesraymondi()

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
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: base of the Piacenzian to the top of the Gelasian or 3.60000 to 1.80000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Piacenzian - Gelasian3.6 - 1.8USA (California) Boreotrophon raymondi (277711)