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Borsonella hooveri

Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Borsoniidae

Taxonomy
Pleurotoma (Borsonia) hooveri was named by Arnold (1903). It is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Deadman Island area - Lower San Pedro Series (1900s-1950s) [San Pedro Sand], which is in a Pleistocene coastal sandstone in the San Pedro Sand Formation of California.

It was recombined as Borsonella hooveri by Hendy (2021).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
B. adamsi, B. harrisi, B. turbina

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1903Pleurotoma (Borsonia) hooveri Arnold p. 201 figs. Plate X, Fig. 1
2021Borsonella hooveri 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
superfamilyConoidea(Rafinesque 1815)
familyBorsoniidae(Bellardi 1875)
genusBorsonellaDall 1908
specieshooveri()

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.

†Borsonella hooveri Arnold 1903
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Diagnosis
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