Forreria is a genus of marine gastropod mollusks in the family Muricidae, the murex snails or rock snails.[1]

Forreria
Shell of Forreria corteziana (paratype at MNHN, Paris)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Muricoidea
Family: Muricidae
Subfamily: Ocenebrinae
Genus: Forreria
Jousseaume, 1880
Type species
Murex belcheri Hinds, 1844

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

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Species within the genus Forreria include:

References

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  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.
  4. ^ David P. Berschauer, Edward J. Petuch and Roger N. Clark, A New Species of Forreria (Gastropoda: Muricidae: Ocenebrinae) from the Sea of Cortez, Mexico; The Festivus,vol. 50 August 2018)