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Boreotrophon

Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Muricidae

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

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classGastropoda
RankNameAuthor
subclassCaenogastropoda(Cox 1959)
Sorbeoconcha(Ponder and Lindberg 1997)
Hypsogastropoda(Ponder and Lindberg 1997)
superorderLatrogastropodaRiedel 2000
orderNeogastropodaThiele 1929
superfamilyMuricoideade Costa 1776
familyMuricidaeRafinesque 1815
genusBoreotrophonFischer 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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Invalid names: Trophon (Boreotrophon) scalariformis Gould 1841 [synonym]
Boreotrophon harasewychi Petuch 1988
Boreotrophon laevis Martin 1904
Boreotrophon multicostatus Eschscholtz 1829
Boreotrophon tetricus Conrad 1832
Invalid names: Trophon (Boreotrophon) stuarti praecursor Arnold 1903 [synonym]
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

Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Early/Lower Miocene to the top of the Holocene or 23.03000 to 0.00000 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 15.97 Ma

Collections (78 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Early/Lower Miocene23.03 - 15.97Brazil (Para) Trophon tropica (60979)
Langhian15.97 - 13.82Japan B. osawanoensis, B. sp. (44960)
Langhian15.97 - 13.82Japan (Hokkaido) B. osawanoensis (77919)
Middle Miocene15.97 - 11.608Russian Federation (Sakhalinskaya) B. sp. (61932)
Serravallian13.82 - 11.62Japan B. elegantula (44962)
Late/Upper Miocene11.608 - 5.333Mexico (Veracruz) Trophon triangulatus (59282)
Late/Upper Miocene11.608 - 5.333USA (Maryland) B. harasewychi (92325)
Early/Lower Pliocene5.333 - 3.6USA (Oregon) B. stuarti (71148 71152)
Early/Lower Pliocene5.333 - 3.6Ecuador (Manabi) B. meridionalis (60772)
Pliocene5.333 - 2.588USA (California) B. fleenerensis (220032) Trophon fleenerensis (96885) Trophon gracilis (194664 216902)
Pliocene5.333 - 2.588USA (North Carolina) Trophon tetricus (79248 79249)
Zanclean - Gelasian5.333 - 1.806USA (California) B. pedroanis (214272 214274)
Late/Upper Pliocene3.6 - 2.588USA (Virginia) Trophon tetricus (78261 78269 78272 79245)
Late/Upper Pliocene3.6 - 2.588Japan (Fukushima) B. candelabrum (62295)
Late/Upper Pliocene3.6 - 2.588USA (Alaska) B. rotundatus (41309)
Late/Upper Pliocene3.6 - 2.588USA (California) Trophon orpheus (200403) Trophon raymondi, Trophon pacificus, Trophon stuarti, Trophon multicostatus (200398)
Late/Upper Pliocene3.6 - 2.588United Kingdom (England) Trophon scalariforme (84759 84798) Trophon scalariformis, Trophon gracilis (84819)
Piacenzian3.6 - 2.588USA (California) Trophon raymondi, Trophon stuarti, Trophon gracilis (186031)
Gelasian2.588 - 1.806USA (California) B. multicostatus (207763)
Early/Lower Pleistocene2.588 - 0.781United Kingdom (England) Trophon clathratus (97968)
Pleistocene2.588 - 0.0117Iceland Trophon clathratus (79897)
Pleistocene2.588 - 0.0117USA (Oregon) B. stuarti, B. gracilis (71142)
Quaternary2.58 - 0.0USA (California) B. stuarti (37933 37940)
Middle Pleistocene0.774 - 0.129Ireland Trophonopsis clathratus (178118)
Middle Pleistocene0.774 - 0.129USA (California) B. multicostatus (203114) B. multicostatus, B. orpheus (202637) B. multicostatus, B. stuarti, B. orpheus (202636) B. multicostatus, B. stuarti, B. pedroanus, B. pacificus (203095 223525) B. orpheus (202633 202634 202638 202646 202648) B. pacificus, B. orpheus (202632) B. pedroana (223329) B. stuarti (223327) B. stuarti, B. pedroensis (203108) B. triangulatus (203113) Trophon multicostatus, Trophon eucymata (96894) Trophon pedroanus (222664) Trophon stuarti (222666) Trophon stuarti, Trophon gracilis, Trophon orpheus (207886) Trophon stuarti, Trophon gracilis, Trophon orpheus, Trophon scalariformis (222665) Trophon stuarti, Trophon multicostata (138723) Trophon stuarti, Trophon multicostatus (222979) Trophon stuarti, Trophon pedroanus, Trophon triangulatus, Trophon multicostatus, Trophon gracilis, Trophon orpheus, Trophon scalariformis (222663)
Middle Pleistocene - Late/Upper Pleistocene0.774 - 0.0117USA (California) Trophon orpheus (222646)
Late/Upper Pleistocene (glacial)0.129 - 0.0117Iceland Trophonopsis clathratus (75057)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117United Kingdom (England) Trophon scalariforme (84832)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117USA (California) B. multicostatus (222948) B. multicostatus, B. pedroanus, B. pacificus (222949) B. pedroanus (222955) Trophon multicostatus (222660) Trophon orpheus (59063 222674) Trophon pedroanus, Trophon scalariformis (222662)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117USA (Alaska) Trochonopsis beringi (37632)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Greenland Trophon clathratus (227030 227031)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Netherlands B. truncatus (98196 98201)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Greenland (Disko Island) Trophon clathratus (227045 227046)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Canada (Quebec) B. truncatus (51005)