Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Fasciolariidae
Full reference: C. S. Hickman. 1980. Paleogene Marine Gastropods of the Keasey Formation in Oregon. Bulletins of American Paleontology 78(310):1-112
Belongs to Fusinus according to C. S. Hickman 1980
Sister taxa: Fusinus (Fusinus), Fusinus (Gracilipurpura), Fusinus alaquaensis, Fusinus bocarepertus, Fusinus bocaserpentis, Fusinus caboblanquensis, Fusinus closter, Fusinus colubri, Fusinus colus, Fusinus dictyotis, Fusinus dilectus, Fusinus dupetitthouarsi, Fusinus empireensis, Fusinus empleus, Fusinus engonius, Fusinus exilis, Fusinus fabulator, Fusinus henekeni, Fusinus henicus, Fusinus hoffmani, Fusinus honensis, Fusinus longiusculoides, Fusinus macnairyensis, Fusinus magdalenensis, Fusinus markleyensis, Fusinus meganosensis, Fusinus meredithae, Fusinus merriami, Fusinus meunieri, Fusinus mohrioides, Fusinus patagoniensis, Fusinus pinolianus, Fusinus quilonicus, Fusinus sculptilis, Fusinus sewalliana, Fusinus simiensis, Fusinus simulans, Fusinus sirenideditus, Fusinus springvalensis, Fusinus taeniensis, Fusinus teglandae, Fusinus trentensis, Fusinus ucalius, Fusinus unicarinatus, Fusinus voetus, Fusinus vonderschmidti
Type specimen: USNM 251396, a shell. Its type locality is Columbia (USGS 2717) - Hickman (1980), which is in a Priabonian deep-water siltstone/mudstone in the Keasey Formation of Oregon.
Ecology: epifaunal carnivore
Distribution:
• Oligocene of United States (1: Washington collection)
• Eocene of United States (4: Oregon)
Total: 5 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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