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Austrofusus

Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Buccinidae

Taxonomy
Austrofusus was named by Kobelt (1879) [Sepkoski's age data: T Dani R Sepkoski's reference number: 914]. It is extant. Its type is Fusus fontainei.

It was reranked as Siphonalia (Austrofusus) by Clark (1938).

It was assigned to Siphonalia by Clark (1938); to Buccinidae by Beu et al. (1990); and to Neogastropoda by Sepkoski (2002).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1879Austrofusus Kobelt
1938Siphonalia (Austrofusus) Clark
1990Austrofusus Beu et al. p. 412
2002Austrofusus Sepkoski

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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)
familyBuccinidaeRafinesque 1815
genusAustrofususKobelt 1879

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. Austrofusus Kobelt 1879
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Subg. Austrofusus (Austrofusus) Kobelt 1879
Subg. Austrofusus (Ellicea) Finlay 1928
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†Ellicea succinctus Tenison-Woods 1879
Austrofusus fontainei d'Orbigny 1841
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: aragonitec
Locomotion: actively mobilef
Life habit: epifaunalf
Diet: carnivoref
Vision: limitedc
Created: 2009-09-10 08:10:04
Modified: 2009-09-10 10:10:04
Source: f = family, c = class
References: Kiessling 2004, Hendy et al. 2009

Age range

Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Thanetian to the top of the Middle Pleistocene or 59.24000 to 0.12900 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 56.0 Ma

Collections (40 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Selandian - Thanetian61.66 - 56.0New Zealand Ellicea sp. (64699)
Thanetian59.24 - 56.0Australia (Victoria) A. crassiaulatus (6266 6267 6268)
Waipawan56.0 - 52.0New Zealand A. sp. (51080)
Ypresian56.0 - 48.07Antarctica (Seymour Island) A. blakei, A. casei (63548)
Middle Eocene48.07 - 37.71USA (California) Siphonalia bicarinata (191188)
Bortonian42.6 - 39.1New Zealand A. acuticostatus (64734)
Bartonian41.03 - 37.71New Zealand A. acuticostatus (64751) A. precursor (64746)
Late/Upper Eocene37.71 - 33.9New Zealand (Canterbury) A. separabilis (45041) A. separabilis, A. bicarinatus (45037)
Priabonian37.71 - 33.9Peru A. belenensis (58685)
Early/Lower Oligocene33.9 - 27.3New Zealand A. n. sp. (67925)
Oligocene33.9 - 23.04New Zealand A. bicarinatus (45023) A. sp. (45019)
Late/Upper Oligocene27.3 - 23.04New Zealand A. afflictus (67598)
Late/Upper Oligocene27.3 - 23.04New Zealand (Central Otago) A. apudalpha (35116 35126) A. apudalpha, A. sp. (35127)
Late/Upper Oligocene - Early/Lower Miocene27.3 - 15.98Australia (Victoria) A. selwyni (71238)
Early/Lower Miocene23.04 - 15.98New Zealand (Dannevirke) A. sp. (35657)
Early/Lower Miocene23.04 - 15.98Chile A. turbinelloides (79035 79036)
Otaian21.7 - 18.7New Zealand A. apudalpha (67826) A. spinifer (67827)
Altonian18.7 - 15.9New Zealand A. spinifer (67821) Neocola alpha (67897)
Middle Miocene15.98 - 11.63Australia (Victoria) Trophon succinctus (72210)
Middle Miocene15.98 - 11.63New Zealand (Hawke's Bay) A. sp. (45175 45182 45183)
Middle Miocene - Early/Lower Pliocene15.98 - 3.6Chile (Copiapó) A. sp. (222872)
Waiauan13.05 - 11.04New Zealand A. sp. (63089)
Late/Upper Miocene11.63 - 5.333New Zealand A. marwicki (45016)
Kapitean7.2 - 5.333New Zealand A. coerulescens (180103)
Early/Lower Pliocene5.333 - 3.6New Zealand (Auckland) Zelandiella pliocenica (45256)
Early/Lower Pliocene5.333 - 3.6New Zealand A. pagoda (73307)
Piacenzian3.6 - 2.58Chile A. steinmanni, A. fontainei (142300)
Middle Pleistocene0.774 - 0.129New Zealand (Wellington) A. glans (94818)