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Levifusus pagodiformis

Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Melongenidae

Taxonomy
Fusus pagodiformis was named by Heilprin (1881). It is a 3D body fossil.

It was recombined as Levifusus pagodiformis by Snyder (2003).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
L. dalei, L. irrasus, L. quadrifunifer, L. serrae, L. spiniger

Synonyms
  • Pleurotoma pagoda was named by Heilprin (1880) [DISTRIBUTION: ?Paleocene-Eocene; western Atlantic.]. It is not a trace fossil.

    It was recombined as Levifusus pagoda by Maury (1912); it was replaced with Levifusus pagodiformis by Snyder (2003).
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1880Pleurotoma pagoda Heilprin p. 149 figs. fig. 1
1881Fusus pagodiformis Heilprin p. 375
1912Levifusus pagoda Maury p. 71
2003Levifusus pagodiformis Snyder p. 274

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classGastropoda
subclassCaenogastropoda(Cox 1959)
RankNameAuthor
—Sorbeoconcha(Ponder and Lindberg 1997)
—Hypsogastropoda(Ponder and Lindberg 1997)
superorderLatrogastropodaRiedel 2000
orderNeogastropodaThiele 1929
superfamilyBuccinoidea(Rafinesque 1815)
familyMelongenidaeGill 1867
genusLevifususConrad 1865
speciespagodiformis(Heilprin 1881)

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

†Levifusus pagodiformis Heilprin 1881
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Invalid names: Levifusus pagoda Heilprin 1880 [replaced]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
partNmeanminimummaximummedians.d.
height512.56.7018.913.84.41

Composition: aragonitec
Locomotion: actively mobilef
Life habit: epifaunalf
Diet: carnivoref
Vision: limitedc
Created: 2009-09-10 08:20:52
Modified: 2009-09-10 10:20:52
Source: f = family, c = class
References: Kiessling 2004, Hendy et al. 2009

Age range: base of the Early/Lower Paleocene to the top of the Bartonian or 66.00000 to 38.00000 Ma

Collections (29 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Early/Lower Paleocene66.0 - 61.7USA (Texas) Levifusus pagoda (84474) Levifusus pagodiformis (86406)
Danian - Selandian66.0 - 59.2USA (Louisiana) Levifusus pagoda (98780)
Danian - Selandian66.0 - 59.2USA (Alabama) Levifusus pagoda (35081)
Danian - Thanetian66.0 - 56.0USA (Louisiana) Levifusus pagoda (52191 52197)
Selandian61.6 - 59.2USA (Texas) Levifusus pagoda (178129)
Selandian61.6 - 59.2USA (Alabama) Levifusus pagoda (2919 84471 90606 98429 205452) Levifusus pagodiformis (205427)
Thanetian59.2 - 56.0USA (Alabama) Levifusus pagodiformis (80495 80621 80761)
Thanetian59.2 - 56.0Trinidad and Tobago Levifusus pagoda (80170)
Thanetian59.2 - 56.0USA (Texas) Levifusus pagoda (205455) Levifusus pagodiformis (91846)
Thanetian59.2 - 56.0USA (Louisiana) Levifusus pagoda (98922 101126)
Ypresian56.0 - 47.8USA (Alabama) Levifusus pagodiformis (80764 80779 80780 80792 92269 98277 194354)
Bartonian41.3 - 38.0Colombia Levifusus pagoda (88278)