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Levifusus

Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Melongenidae

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1865Levifusus Conrad
1895Fusus (Levifusus) Clark p. 4
1925Fusinus (Levifusus) Nelson p. 429
1947Levifusus Harris and Palmer p. 369
1966Levifusus Palmer and Brann p. 730
1977Levifusus Adegoke p. 180
1983Levifusus Gliozzi and Malatesta p. 105
2002Levifusus Sepkoski
2004Levifusus Stilwell et al. p. 40
2006Levifusus Perrilliat et al. p. 163

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

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.

G. †Levifusus Conrad 1865
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Levifusus angelicus Cooke 1919
Levifusus brauneri Harris 1894
Levifusus maputi Gliozzi and Malatesta 1983
Levifusus moodianus Cooke 1926
Levifusus mortoni Lea 1833
Levifusus pagodiformis Heilprin 1881
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Invalid names: Levifusus pagoda Heilprin 1880 [replaced]
Levifusus woolfei Stilwell et al. 2004
Levifusus yochelsoni Adegoke 1977
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
partNmeanminimummaximummedians.d.
height1811.52.5026.411.96.42

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: Hendy et al. 2009, Kiessling 2004

Age range: base of the Maastrichtian to the top of the Rupelian or 72.10000 to 28.10000 Ma

Collections (251 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Maastrichtian72.1 - 66.0USA (Texas) L. sp. (205543)
Early/Lower Paleocene66.0 - 61.7USA (Texas) L. pagoda (84474) L. sp. (86330 86464) L. sp., L. pagodiformis (86406)
Early/Lower Paleocene66.0 - 61.7USA (California) Fusinus waringi (192824)
Danian66.0 - 61.6USA (Texas) L. sp. (84467) L. sp. M, Levifusus indet. (91803) L. sp. O, L. sp. P (91832) L. suteri (205260) L. trabeatus (205466)
Danian66.0 - 61.6Antarctica L. woolfei (67031 67032 67033 67047 67048 67057 67061 67065)
Danian66.0 - 61.6USA (Alabama) L. dallianus (91112) L. sp. (2848 2849)
Danian66.0 - 61.6Poland L. amplus, L. sp. (27625)
Danian66.0 - 61.6Belgium L. amplus (22931)
Danian - Selandian66.0 - 59.2USA (Louisiana) L. sp. C, L. pagoda (98780)
Danian - Selandian66.0 - 59.2USA (Alabama) L. dalei, L. pagoda (35081)
Danian - Selandian66.0 - 59.2USA (Texas) L. lithae (91825) L. sp. N (108736)
Danian - Selandian66.0 - 59.2USA (Mississippi) L. hubbard (98528)
Early/Lower Paleocene - Middle Paleocene66.0 - 58.7USA (Texas) L. hubbardi (86427) L. lithae (86307 86328) L. sp. (86293)
Danian - Thanetian66.0 - 56.0USA (Louisiana) L. pagoda (52191) L. sp., L. pagoda (52197)
Paleocene66.0 - 56.0USA (California) Fusinus calabasasensis (11117)
Middle Paleocene - Late/Upper Paleocene61.7 - 55.8USA (Texas) L. sp. (84646) L. sp., L. dalei (84649) L. sp., L. mortoniopsis (84651)
Selandian61.6 - 59.2Greenland L. sp. (22944)
Selandian61.6 - 59.2USA (California) Fusinius waringi (215686)
Selandian61.6 - 59.2USA (Texas) L. pagoda (178129)
Selandian61.6 - 59.2USA (Alabama) L. dalei (90608) L. dalei, L. suteri, L. sp., L. pagoda (2919) L. dallianaus, L. suteri, L. pagoda (205452) L. regularoides, L. sp. K, L. suteri, L. pagoda (90606) L. sp., L. suteri, L. pagoda (84471) L. spp. (205499) L. supraplanus, L. pagodiformis, L. trabeatus (205427) L. suteri (2917 86181) L. suteri, L. pagoda (98429)
Selandian61.6 - 59.2Denmark L. moerchi (35265 35266 35267)
Selandian61.6 - 59.2Nigeria L. palaeocenicus, L. yochelsoni (7791)
Selandian - Thanetian61.6 - 56.0New Zealand L. sp. (64700)
Selandian - Thanetian61.6 - 56.0USA (Alabama) L. supraplanus (80367)
Selandian - Thanetian61.6 - 56.0Australia (Western Australia) L. quadrifunifer (162311)
Selandian - Ypresian61.6 - 47.8USA (Louisiana) L. prepagoda (98869)
Thanetian59.2 - 56.0USA (Louisiana) L. identus (99725 105505) L. pagoda (98922) L. supraplanus, L. identus, L. pagoda, L. trabeatus (101126) L. trabeatus (99724 101123)
Thanetian59.2 - 56.0Australia (Victoria) L. quadrifunifer (6266 6268)
Thanetian59.2 - 56.0Trinidad and Tobago L. pagoda (80170)
Thanetian59.2 - 56.0USA (Texas) L. identus (99733) L. pagoda (205455) L. supraplanus, L. pagodiformis (91846)
Thanetian59.2 - 56.0USA (Virginia) L. sp. B (91126)
Thanetian59.2 - 56.0USA (Alabama) L. bellanus, L. sp. J, L. supraplanus (92352) L. bispinosus, L. sp. J (98257) L. pagodiformis (80495 80621) L. sp. J (98331) L. supraplanus (86179 90818 92034 98365 98379) L. supraplanus, L. sp., L. pagodiformis (80761)
Late/Upper Paleocene58.7 - 55.8USA (Virginia) Fusus trabeatus (84048)
Ypresian56.0 - 47.8USA (Texas) L. serrae (7788 7789 84325 84337) L. sp. (89949) L. sp. J (90453) L. trabeatus (91845)
Ypresian56.0 - 47.8USA (Alabama) L. pagodiformis (80764 80780 194354) L. prepagoda (83809) L. prepagoda, L. sp. F, L. sp. J, L. pagodiformis (98277) L. sp. (80767 80791 83811 205272) L. sp. F, L. sp. J (91111) L. sp. J (90609) L. sp. J, L. pagodiformis (92269) L. sp., L. pagodiformis (80779 80792) L. suteri (35080)
Ypresian56.0 - 47.8USA (Louisiana) L. trabeatus (105206 105208)
Ypresian56.0 - 47.8USA (Mississippi) L. sp. (89872)
Ypresian56.0 - 47.8USA (Maryland) Fusus trabeatus (55255) L. sp., L. sp. A (91117)
Ypresian - Bartonian56.0 - 38.0Cuba L. angelicus (75318)
Lutetian47.8 - 41.3USA (Alabama) L. mortonii, L. mortoniopsis (1436) L. mortoniopsis (1437 1438 1439 1440 81238 98354) L. sp., L. mortoniopsis (81224)
Lutetian47.8 - 41.3USA (Texas) L. irrasus (205527) L. irrasus, L. sp. (205454) L. irrasus, L. spp., L. mortoniopsis (90455) L. mortoniopsis (1453 205532) L. prepagoda, L. sp. (205503) L. serrae (205521 205533) L. sp. (205436 205440 205487 205496 205537) L. trabeatus (205356)
Lutetian47.8 - 41.3USA (Louisiana) L. mortoniopsis (2410) L. sp., L. mortoniopsis (2409)
Lutetian47.8 - 41.3USA (Mississippi) L. mortonii, L. mortoniopsis (2415) L. mortoniopsis (2414 99673)
Lutetian47.8 - 41.3Mexico (Chiapas) L. sp. (79943)
Lutetian - Bartonian47.8 - 38.0USA (Texas) L. mortoniopsis (2412)
Lutetian - Bartonian47.8 - 38.0USA (Alabama) L. irrasus, L. mortoniopsis (205420) L. mortoniopsis (205490)
Bartonian41.3 - 38.0USA (Texas) L. irrasus (205531) L. mortoniopsis (2452 7437 7438 7439 90454 90656 98884 99026 205264 205265 205414 205424 205425 205429 205433 205448 205477 205481 205484 205485 205515) L. prepagoda, L. mortoniopsis (205266 205271 205430) L. prepagoda, L. sp., L. mortoniopsis (205410 205422) L. sp. (205456) L. sp., L. mortoniopsis (205267 205480) L. spp. (99253) L. spp., L. mortoniopsis (91119)
Bartonian41.3 - 38.0Colombia L. pagoda (88278)
Bartonian41.3 - 38.0USA (South Carolina) L. mortonii (92308 92355)
Bartonian41.3 - 38.0Peru (Piura) L. mallacus (52528)
Bartonian41.3 - 38.0USA (Alabama) L. irrasus, L. mortonii, L. trabeatus (90600 205489) L. irrasus, L. spiniger, L. mortonii (205438) L. mortonii (5312 5318 5322) L. mortonii, L. mortoniopsis (2419 2423) L. mortonii, L. trabeatus (81266) L. mortoniopsis (2417 2420 2440 2441 2443 6788 90469) L. sp., L. mortonii, L. mortoniopsis (2416 2418 2422) L. sp., L. mortoniopsis (2421 2454) L. sp., L. spp., L. mortoniopsis (2453) L. trabeatus (81278)
Bartonian41.3 - 38.0USA (Mississippi) L. branneri (90704) L. branneri, L. mortoniopsis (205535) L. irrasus, L. prepagoda, L. mortonii, L. mortoniopsis (205508) L. moodianus (90643) L. mortoniopsis (2435 2436 2437 2438 90708 91050) L. sp. (99736 99756) L. sp. E, L. mortoniopsis (90709) L. sp., L. mortoniopsis (2434 2444 2446 2449 2451 99735) L. sp.E, L. mortoniopsis (90707)
Bartonian41.3 - 38.0USA (Louisiana) L. branneri (90305) L. branneri, L. sp. D, L. mortoniopsis, L. fulguriparens (91115) L. fulguriparens (98950) L. mortoniopsis (44408 44517 44518 92381 92388 98940) L. sp. E, L. mortoniopsis (92347) L. sp. G, L. mortoniopsis (98787)
Bartonian - Priabonian41.3 - 33.9USA (Arkansas) L. branneri (91084 91869)
Priabonian38.0 - 33.9Bulgaria (Burgas) L. tuberculatus (102230)
Priabonian38.0 - 33.9USA (Mississippi) L. spiniger (6802)
Priabonian38.0 - 33.9USA (Louisiana) L. branneri (98689) L. fulguriparens (92294 98687)
Rupelian33.9 - 28.1USA (North Carolina) L. spiniger (4880)
Rupelian33.9 - 28.1USA (Mississippi) L. spiniger (5612 5779 5999 6005 7111 74077 74078 177590) L. spiniger, L. nodulatum (5943)