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Carinodrillia fusiformis

Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Pseudomelatomidae

Taxonomy
Defrancia fusiformis was named by Gabb (1873) [DISTRIBUTION: Miocene-Pliocene; Caribbean.]. It is not a trace fossil.

It was recombined as Drillia fusiformis by Maury (1917); it was recombined as Carinodrillia fusiformis by Woodring (1928), Hendy et al. (2008).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
C. cymatoides, C. hexagona, C. meraca, C. multicostellata, C. propefusiformis

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1873Defrancia fusiformis Gabb p. 209
1917Drillia fusiformis Maury p. 51
1928Carinodrillia fusiformis Woodring p. 155
2008Carinodrillia fusiformis Hendy et al.

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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
superfamilyConoidea(Rafinesque 1815)
familyPseudomelatomidae(McLearn 1971)
genusCarinodrillia(Dall 1919)
speciesfusiformis(Gabb 1873)

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.

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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: aragonitec
Locomotion: actively mobilesuperf
Life habit: epifaunalsuperf
Diet: carnivoresuperf
Vision: limitedc
Created: 2009-09-10 08:08:14
Modified: 2009-09-10 10:08:14
Source: superf = superfamily, c = class
References: Hendy et al. 2009, Kiessling 2004

Age range: base of the Early/Lower Oligocene to the top of the Early/Lower Pliocene or 33.90000 to 3.60000 Ma

Collections (4 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Early/Lower Oligocene - Middle Miocene33.9 - 11.63Haiti Drillia fusiformis (173459)
Messinian - Zanclean7.246 - 3.6Dominican Republic Drillia fusiformis (74971)
Early/Lower Pliocene5.333 - 3.6Dominican Republic Drillia fusiformis (58819)
Zanclean5.333 - 3.6Dominican Republic Drillia fusiformis (80136)