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:

References

  1. Forreria Jousseaume, 1880.  Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 25 April 2010.
  2. Petuch, Edward; Mardie Drolshagen (2010). Molluscan Paleontology of the Chesapeake Miocene. Boca Raton, Florida: CRC Press. p. 41. ISBN 9781439811597.
  3. Forreria belcheri (Hinds, 1843).  Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 25 April 2010.

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