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Forreria belcheri

Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Muricidae

Taxonomy
Murex belcheri was named by Hinds (1843). It is extant.

It was recombined as Chorus belcheri by Arnold (1903); it was recombined as Trophon belcheri by Nomland (1917); it was recombined as Forreria belcheri by Hendy (2021).

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

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1843Murex belcheri Hinds p. 127
1903Chorus belcheri Arnold p. 247
1917Trophon belcheri Nomland p. 237
2021Forreria belcheri 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
superfamilyMuricoideade Costa 1776
familyMuricidaeRafinesque 1815
subfamilyOcenebrinaeCossmann 1903
genusForreriaJousseaume 1880
speciesbelcheri(Hinds 1843)

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 belcheri Hinds 1843
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†Forreria belcheri avita Nomland 1917
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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: base of the Messinian to the top of the Late/Upper Pleistocene or 7.24600 to 0.01170 Ma

Collections (33 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Miocene23.04 - 5.333USA (California) Forreria belcheri (195039)
Messinian7.246 - 5.333USA (California) Forreria belcheri (194796 194797 194801 194803 194870 194894 194895 195032)
Early/Lower Pliocene5.333 - 3.6USA (California) Forreria belcheri (97233 97235 97401) Trophon belcheri (220190)
Pliocene5.333 - 2.58USA (California) Trophon belcheri (216902)
Pliocene5.333 - 2.58Mexico (Baja California) Forreria belcheri (97126)
Pliocene5.333 - 2.58Mexico (Baja California Sur) Forreria belcheri (43686) Trophon belcheri (43687)
Zanclean - Gelasian5.333 - 1.8USA (California) Forreria belcheri (214267)
Late/Upper Pliocene3.6 - 2.58USA (California) Forreria belcheri (200398 238606 238613 238615 238623)
Gelasian2.58 - 1.8USA (California) Forreria belcheri (214286)
Middle Pleistocene - Late/Upper Pleistocene0.774 - 0.0117USA (California) Chorus belcheri (222646)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117USA (California) Chorus belcheri (222660 222661 222662) Forreria belcheri (59063 96937 160361 219029 222956)