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Ocenebra trophonoides

Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Muricidae

Taxonomy

Thais trophonoides was named by Anderson and Martin (1914). Its type specimen is CAS 178 and is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is CAS loc. 65, northeast of Barker's Ranch, which is in a Miocene coastal horizon in the Temblor Formation of California.

It was recombined as Ocenebra trophonoides by Addicott (1970).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Ceratostoma modestum, O. beta, O. cazeuxi, O. chavesi, O. cierboensis, O. circumtexta, O. crassilabiata, O. danconai, O. dufrenoyi, O. edwardsi, O. excoelata, O. interfossa, O. japonica, O. lassaignei, O. lurida, O. luridus, O. purpuroides, O. pustulata, O. scrobiculata, O. suberinacea, O. sublavata, O. sublavata, O. umbilicina, O. scrobiculata, O. bistriata

Synonymy list

Year	Name and author
1914	Thais trophonoides Anderson and Martin pp. 81-82 figs. pl. 6, figs. 1a, 1b
1970	Ocenebra trophonoides Addicott p. 79 figs. Plate 8, figures 4, 5, 9, 10

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Rank	Name	Author
kingdom	Animalia	()
—	Bilateria
—	Eubilateria	Ax 1987
—	Protostomia
—	Spiralia
superphylum	Lophotrochozoa
phylum	Mollusca
class	Gastropoda
subclass	Caenogastropoda	(Cox 1959)

Rank	Name	Author
—	Sorbeoconcha	(Ponder and Lindberg 1997)
—	Hypsogastropoda	(Ponder and Lindberg 1997)
superorder	Latrogastropoda	Riedel 2000
order	Neogastropoda	Thiele 1929
superfamily	Muricoidea	de Costa 1776
family	Muricidae	Rafinesque 1815
genus	Ocenebra	Leach in Gray 1847
species	trophonoides	()

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.

†Ocenebra trophonoides Anderson and Martin 1914

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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: Early/Lower Miocene or 23.04000 to 15.98000 Ma

Collections: one only

Time interval	Ma	Country or state	Original ID and collection number
Early/Lower Miocene	23.04 - 15.98	USA (California)	Thais trophonoides (237346)