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Boreotrophon pedroana

Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Muricidae

Taxonomy

Trophon (Boreotrophon) pedroana was named by Arnold (1903). It is extant.

It was recombined as Boreotrophon pedroanus by Powell (2009); it was recombined as Boreotrophon pedroana by Hendy (2021).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

B. candelabrum, B. capito, B. elegantula, B. meridionalis, B. osawanoensis, B. pedroanis, B. rotundatus, B. truncatus, Trochonopsis beringi, Trophon tropica

Synonyms

Trophon (Boreotrophon) stuarti praecursor was named by Arnold (1903). It is a 3D body fossil.

It was recombined as Trophon (Boreotrophon) orpheus praecursor by Arnold (1908); it was synonymized subjectively with Boreotrophon pedroana by Hendy (2021).

Synonymy list

Year	Name and author
1903	Trophon (Boreotrophon) pedroana Arnold p. 251 figs. pl. 6, fig. 12
1903	Trophon (Boreotrophon) stuarti praecursor Arnold p. 253 figs. Plate VI, Fig. 5
1908	Trophon (Boreotrophon) orpheus praecursor Arnold p. 425
2009	Boreotrophon pedroanus Powell p. 12
2021	Boreotrophon pedroana Hendy

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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	Boreotrophon	Fischer 1884
species	pedroana	()

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.

Boreotrophon pedroana Arnold 1903

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†Trophon (Boreotrophon) stuarti praecursor Arnold 1903

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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: Kiessling 2004, Hendy et al. 2009

Age range: base of the Late/Upper Pliocene to the top of the Late/Upper Pleistocene or 3.60000 to 0.01170 Ma

Collections (16 total)

Time interval	Ma	Country or state	Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Pliocene	3.6 - 2.58	USA (California)	Trophon orpheus (200403)
Piacenzian	3.6 - 2.58	USA (California)	Trophon stuarti (186031)
Middle Pleistocene	0.774 - 0.129	USA (California)	Boreotrophon orpheus (203108) Boreotrophon pedroana (223329) Boreotrophon pedroanus (203095 223525) Trophon orpheus (207886 222665) Trophon pedroanus (222664) Trophon pedroanus, Trophon orpheus (222663)
Middle Pleistocene - Late/Upper Pleistocene	0.774 - 0.0117	USA (California)	Trophon orpheus (222646)
Late/Upper Pleistocene	0.129 - 0.0117	USA (California)	Boreotrophon pedroanus (222949 222955) Trophon orpheus (59063 222674) Trophon pedroanus (222662)