WoRMS taxon details
Scabrotrophon norafosterae Houart, Vermeij & Wiedrick, 2019
1329514 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:1329514)
accepted
Species
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
Houart, R.; Vermeij, G.; Wiedrick, S. (2019). New taxa and new synonymy in Muricidae (Neogastropoda: Pagodulinae, Trophoninae, Ocenebrinae) from the Northeast Pacific. <em>Zoosymposia.</em> 13(1): 184-241., available online at https://doi.org/10.11646/zoosymposia.13.1.20
page(s): 202, figs 5B, 17G-L [details]
page(s): 202, figs 5B, 17G-L [details]
Type locality contained in Aleutian Islands, Alaska
, Note south of Attu, Near Islands
From editor or global species database
Type locality south of Attu, Near Islands [details]
Etymology Named for the American naturalist, Nora Rakestraw Foster (1947-****).
Etymology Named for the American naturalist, Nora Rakestraw Foster (1947-****). [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Scabrotrophon norafosterae Houart, Vermeij & Wiedrick, 2019. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1329514 on 2025-08-16
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Nomenclature
original description
Houart, R.; Vermeij, G.; Wiedrick, S. (2019). New taxa and new synonymy in Muricidae (Neogastropoda: Pagodulinae, Trophoninae, Ocenebrinae) from the Northeast Pacific. <em>Zoosymposia.</em> 13(1): 184-241., available online at https://doi.org/10.11646/zoosymposia.13.1.20
page(s): 202, figs 5B, 17G-L [details]
page(s): 202, figs 5B, 17G-L [details]
Other
additional source
Bertsch, H., Groves, L. T. & Dees, R. (2025). Invertebrate eponyms honoring women members of the Western Society of Malacologists. <em>The Western Society of Malacologists, Occasional Papers.</em> Number 4: 1-270, pls. 1-S263A-L.
page(s): 26, pls. S53a-b [details] Available for editors
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page(s): 26, pls. S53a-b [details] Available for editors
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Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
