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Forreria magister

Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Muricidae

Taxonomy
Trophon magister was named by Nomland (1916). It is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is UCMP 2098, which is in a Pliocene marginal marine sandstone/conglomerate in the Jacalitos Formation of California.

It was recombined as Forreria magister by Grant, IV and Gale (1931), Winterer and Durham (1962).

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

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1916Trophon magister Nomland pp. 207 - 208 figs. Plate 11, figures 4a, 4b, 4c
1931Forreria magister Grant, IV and Gale p. 727 figs. Plate 27, Figures 14a, 146
1962Forreria magister Winterer and Durham p. 298

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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
speciesmagister()

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 magister Nomland 1916
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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 Late/Upper Miocene to the top of the Late/Upper Pliocene or 11.63000 to 2.58000 Ma

Collections (9 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Miocene11.63 - 5.333USA (California) Trophon magister (216867 216901 216953)
Early/Lower Pliocene5.333 - 3.6USA (California) Trophon magister (206369 type locality: 206372 220187 220190)
Pliocene5.333 - 2.58USA (California) Trophon magister (216872)
Late/Upper Pliocene3.6 - 2.58USA (California) Forreria magister (238421)