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Forreria coalingense

Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Muricidae

Taxonomy
Trophon (Forreria) coalingense was named by Arnold (1909). Its type specimen is USNM 165540, a shell, and it is a 3D body fossil.

It was recombined as Trophon coalingense by Nomland (1916); it was recombined as Forreria coalingensis by Grant and IV and Gale (1931); it was recombined as Forreria coalingense by Keen and Bentson (1944).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
F. wrighti, F. wrighti

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1909Trophon (Forreria) coalingense Arnold p. 87 figs. Plate XXII, figure 4
1916Trophon coalingense Nomland p. 203
1931Forreria coalingensis Grant, IV and Gale p. 728
1944Forreria coalingense Keen and Bentson p. 204

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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
subfamilyOcenebrinaeCossmann 1903
genusForreriaJousseaume 1880
speciescoalingense()

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 coalingense Arnold 1909
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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: base of the Early/Lower Miocene to the top of the Early/Lower Pliocene or 23.04000 to 3.60000 Ma

Collections (10 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Early/Lower Miocene23.04 - 15.98USA (California) Trophon coalingense (206370)
Miocene23.04 - 5.333USA (California) Forreria coalingense (195076 195078)
Late/Upper Miocene11.63 - 5.333USA (California) Trophon coalingense (216869 216911 220197)
Late/Upper Miocene - Early/Lower Pliocene11.63 - 3.6USA (California) Forreria coalingensis (37551)
Messinian7.246 - 5.333USA (California) Forreria coalingense (194796 195038)
Early/Lower Pliocene5.333 - 3.6USA (California) Trophon coalingense (206365)