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Protofusus

Gastropoda - Purpurinidae

Taxonomy

Protofusus was named by Bonarelli (1921) [Sepkoski's age data: Tr m Tr Nori Sepkoski's reference number: 797].

It was assigned to Purpurinidae by Bandel (1993); and to Neotaenioglossa by Sepkoski (2002).

Species

P. delicatulus, P. gracilis, P. peruvianus, P. pyramidalis, P. transitorius

Species lacking formal opinion data

P. pyramidali

Synonymy list

Year	Name and author
1921	Protofusus Bonarelli
1993	Protofusus Bandel p. 26
2002	Protofusus Sepkoski

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Rank	Name	Author
kingdom	Animalia	()
—	Bilateria
—	Eubilateria	Ax 1987
—	Protostomia
—	Spiralia
superphylum	Lophotrochozoa
phylum	Mollusca

Rank	Name	Author
class	Gastropoda
subclass	Caenogastropoda	(Cox 1959)
—	Sorbeoconcha	(Ponder and Lindberg 1997)
—	Hypsogastropoda	(Ponder and Lindberg 1997)
superfamily	Littorinoidea	(Gray 1840)
family	Purpurinidae	Zittel 1895
genus	Protofusus	Bonarelli 1921

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. †Protofusus Bonarelli 1921

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†Protofusus delicatulus Haas 1953

†Protofusus gracilis Haas 1953

†Protofusus peruvianus Haas 1953

†Protofusus pyramidalis Haas 1953

†Protofusus transitorius Haas 1953

Diagnosis

No diagnoses are available

Measurements

part	N	mean	minimum	maximum	median	s.d.
shell height	169	2.90	1.23	10.9	2.90	1.30

Composition:

aragonitec

Locomotion:

actively mobilesuperf

Life habit:

epifaunalsuperf

Diet:

grazersuperf

Vision:

limitedc

Created:

2009-09-10 07:51:34

Modified:

2009-09-10 14:51:34

Source: superf = superfamily, c = class

References: Hendy et al. 2009, Kiessling 2004

Age range: Rhaetian or 205.70000 to 201.40000 Ma

Collections (5 total)

Time interval	Ma	Country or state	Original ID and collection number
Norian - Rhaetian	227.3 - 201.4	Peru	P. delicatulus (68129)
Rhaetian	205.7 - 201.4	Peru	P. peruvianus (68148) P. peruvianus, P. gracilis, P. delicatulus, P. pyramidalis, P. transitorius (68116) P. pyramidali (68096) P. sp., P. peruvianus, P. gracilis, P. delicatulus, P. pyramidalis, P. transitorius (68119)