Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Fasciolariidae
Alternative spellings: Fusus (Leucozonia), Turbinella (Leucozonia)
Parent taxon: Peristerniinae according to M. A. Snyder 2003
See also Abbass 1967, Sepkoski 2002, Todd 2001 and Vermeij and Snyder 2002
Sister taxa: Aptycholathyrus, Benimakia, Brocchitas, Bullockus, Crassicantharus, Dennantia, Dolicholatirus, Exilifusus, Fractolatirus, Fusolatirus, Hemipolygona, Lamellilatirus, Latirogona, Latirolagena, Latirus, Lightbournus, Mazzalina, Neolatirus, Nodopelagia, Opeatostoma, Peristernia, Pleia, Psammostoma, Pseudolatirus, Streptopelma, Tarantinaea, Taron, Teralatirus
Subtaxa: Leucozonia (Leucozonia) Leucozonia micronema Leucozonia nassa Leucozonia staminea
Type: Murex nassa
Ecology: epifaunal carnivore
Distribution:
• Quaternary of Bermuda (1 collection), Cayman Islands (1), Jamaica (1), Venezuela (2)
• Pliocene of Venezuela (3)
• Miocene of Italy (1)
• Eocene of Egypt (1)
Total: 10 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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