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Forreria belcheri avita

Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Muricidae

Taxonomy
Trophon belcheri avitum was named by Nomland (1917). Its type specimen is UCMP 11094 and is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is UCMP loc. 2988, Kreyenhagen Hills, which is in a Pliocene marginal marine sandstone/conglomerate in the Etchegoin Formation of California.

It was recombined as Forreria belcheri avita by Grant and IV and Gale (1931).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1917Trophon belcheri avitum Nomland p. 237 figs. Plate 11, figure 5
1931Forreria belcheri avita Grant, IV and Gale p. 727

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classGastropoda
subclassCaenogastropoda(Cox 1959)
Sorbeoconcha(Ponder and Lindberg 1997)
RankNameAuthor
Hypsogastropoda(Ponder and Lindberg 1997)
superorderLatrogastropodaRiedel 2000
orderNeogastropodaThiele 1929
superfamilyMuricoideade Costa 1776
familyMuricidaeRafinesque 1815
subfamilyOcenebrinaeCossmann 1903
genusForreriaJousseaume 1880
speciesbelcheri(Hinds 1843)
subspeciesavita()

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.

Forreria belcheri avita Nomland 1917
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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 Pliocene or 5.33300 to 3.60000 Ma

Collections (2 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Early/Lower Pliocene5.333 - 3.6USA (California) Trophon belcheri (type locality: 220190)
Pliocene5.333 - 2.58USA (California) Trophon belcheri (216902)