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Boreotrophon tetricus

Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Muricidae

Taxonomy
Fusus tetricus was named by Conrad (1832).

It was recombined as Trophon tetricus by Martin (1904); it was recombined as Boreotrophon tetricus by Petuch (1988).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1832Fusus tetricus Conrad p. 18 figs. Plate III, Fig. 6
1904Trophon tetricus Martin p. 202
1988Boreotrophon tetricus Petuch p. 23

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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
speciestetricus(Conrad 1832)

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 tetricus Conrad 1832
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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: Late/Upper Pliocene or 3.60000 to 2.58800 Ma

Collections (6 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Pliocene5.333 - 2.588USA (North Carolina) Trophon tetricus (79248 79249)
Late/Upper Pliocene3.6 - 2.588USA (Virginia) Trophon tetricus (78261 78269 78272 79245)