Forreria
| Forreria | |
|---|---|
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| (unranked): | clade Caenogastropoda clade Hypsogastropoda clade Neogastropoda |
| Superfamily: | Muricoidea |
| Family: | Muricidae |
| Subfamily: | Ocenebrinae |
| Genus: | Forreria Jousseaume, 1880 |
Forreria is a genus of marine gastropod mollusks in the family Muricidae, the murex snails or rock snails.[1]
The genus is indigenous to the Pacific coast of California. According to Petuch, they are the closest living relatives of the extinct ecphoras, a diverse lineage of murexes from what is now the North American Eastern Seaboard.[2]
Species
Species within the genus Forreria include:
- Forreria belcheri (Hinds, 1843)[3]
References
- ↑ Forreria Jousseaume, 1880. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 25 April 2010.
- ↑ Petuch, Edward; Mardie Drolshagen (2010). Molluscan Paleontology of the Chesapeake Miocene. Boca Raton, Florida: CRC Press. p. 41. ISBN 9781439811597.
- ↑ Forreria belcheri (Hinds, 1843). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 25 April 2010.
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