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Boreotrophon

Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Muricidae

Taxonomy

Boreotrophon was named by Fischer (1884) [Sepkoski's age data: T Mi-m R]. It is extant. Its type is Boreotrophon harasewychi.

It was reranked as Trophon (Boreotrophon) by Arnold (1903) and Moody (1916).

It was assigned to Trophon by Arnold (1903) and Moody (1916); to Muricidae by Harzhauser and Mandic (2001) and Todd (2001); and to Neogastropoda by Sepkoski (2002).

Species

B. apolyonis, B. avalonensis, B. clathratus (syn. Trophon (Boreotrophon) scalariformis), B. eucymatus, B. fleenerensis, B. harasewychi (type species), B. laevis, B. multicostatus, B. orpheus, B. pacificus, B. pedroana (syn. Trophon (Boreotrophon) stuarti praecursor), B. raymondi, B. stuarti, B. tetricus, B. triangulatus, Trophon (Boreotrophon) gracilis, Trophon (Boreotrophon) raymondi, Trophon (Boreotrophon) stuarti

Species lacking formal opinion data

B. elegantula, B. rotundatus, Trophon tropica

Synonymy list

Year	Name and author
1884	Boreotrophon Fischer
1903	Trophon (Boreotrophon) Arnold p. 249
1916	Trophon (Boreotrophon) Moody p. 44
2001	Boreotrophon Harzhauser and Mandic p. 707
2001	Boreotrophon Todd
2002	Boreotrophon Sepkoski

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

Rank	Name	Author
subclass	Caenogastropoda	(Cox 1959)
—	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

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.

G. Boreotrophon Fischer 1884

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Boreotrophon apolyonis Dall 1919

Boreotrophon avalonensis Dall 1902

Boreotrophon clathratus Linnaeus 1767

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Invalid names: Trophon (Boreotrophon) scalariformis Gould 1841 [synonym]

Boreotrophon eucymatus Dall 1902

†Boreotrophon fleenerensis Martin 1914

†Boreotrophon harasewychi Petuch 1988

†Boreotrophon laevis Martin 1904

Boreotrophon multicostatus Eschscholtz 1829