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Gastropoda: Neogastropoda: Muricoidea: Trophoninae

Trophon inornatus Pilsbry, 1897
Fossil only


Synonymy

Trophon inornatus Pilsbry, 1897
Trophon fairus Ihering, 1907
Trophon gradatus Ihering, 1907
Trophon montenus Ihering, 1907

Details


Trophon inornatus Pilsbry, 1897c, p. 330, text-fig.
[Basis of the current name]
Type Locality: near Cape Fairweather, Patagonia
References: Griffin & Pastorino (2005) v
Comments: Described as a fossil. Treated as a synonym of Trophon varians by Castellanos (1970a), but shown to be an extinct (Plio-Pleistocene) species by Griffin & Pastorino (2005).

Trophon inornatus fairus Ihering, 1907, p. 402, 392, [Ortmann 1902, pl. 34, figs. 8a-b]
[Synonym]
Type Locality: Cap Fairweather [Santa Cruz, Argentina]
References: Griffin & Pastorino (2005) s
Comments: Treated as a synonym of Trophon lamellosus by Parodiz (1996), but shown to be T. inornatus, an extinct (Plio-Pleistocene) species by Griffin & Pastorino (2005).

Trophon inornatus fairus var. gradatus Ihering, 1907, p. 402, Not figured
[Not available]
Type Locality: Cap Fairweather [Santa Cruz, Argentina]
References: Griffin & Pastorino (2005) s
Comments: Non Ihering (1897). Infrasubspecific; stated to be a nude name by Parodiz (1996), but had a brief description. Treated as a synonym of Trophon lamellosus by Parodiz (1996), but shown to be T. inornatus, an extinct (Plio-Pleistocene) species by Griffin & Pastorino (2005).

Trophon varians montenus Ihering, 1907, p. 404, Not figured
[Synonym]
Type Locality: Monte Espejo [Santa Cruz, Argentina]
References: Griffin & Pastorino (2005) s
Comments: Treated as a synonym of Trophon lamellosum by Parodiz (1996), but shown to be an extinct (Plio-Pleistocene) species by Griffin & Pastorino (2005).


Partial List of References

Ihering, H. von. 1907. Les Mollusques fossiles du Tertiare et du Crétacé Supérieur de l'Argentine Anales del Museo Nacional de Buenos Aires (3)7 xiii + 611 pp., 18 pls.
Pilsbry, H. A. 1897. Patagonian Tertiary fossils Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia 49 329-330. [True date: 18 Oct 1897.]

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