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Boreotrophon orpheus (threaded trophon)

Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Muricidae

Taxonomy
Fusus orpheus was named by Gould (1842). It is extant.

It was recombined as Trophon orpheus by Ashley (1895); it was recombined as Trophon (Neptunea) orpheus by Dall (1921); it was recombined as Trophon (Boreotrophon) orpheus by Grant and IV and Gale (1931); it was recombined as Boreotrophon orpheus by Hendy (2021).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1842Fusus orpheus Gould p. 142
1895Trophon orpheus Ashley p. 343
1921Trophon (Neptunea) orpheus Dall p. 110 figs. Pl. 6, Fig. 7
1931Trophon (Boreotrophon) orpheus Grant, IV and Gale p. 722 figs. Plate 32, Figure 9
2021Boreotrophon orpheus 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
speciesorpheus(Gould 1842)

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 orpheus Gould 1842 [threaded trophon]
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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 Early/Lower Pleistocene to the top of the Middle Pleistocene or 2.58000 to 0.12900 Ma

Collections (11 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Pliocene - Early/Lower Pleistocene3.6 - 0.774USA (California) Boreotrophon orpheus (237590)
Early/Lower Pleistocene2.58 - 0.774USA (California) Boreotrophon orpheus (168757 231899)
Middle Pleistocene0.774 - 0.129USA (California) Boreotrophon orpheus (202632 202633 202634 202636 202637 202638 202646 202648)