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Cruziturricula fusinus

Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Drilliidae

Taxonomy
Drillia fusinus was named by Brown and Pilsbry (1911) [DISTRIBUTION: Miocene-Pliocene; Caribbean.]. Its type specimen is ANSP 1693, a shell, and it is a 3D body fossil.

It was recombined as Pleurofusia (Cruziturricula) fusinus by Woodring (1970); it was recombined as Cruziturricula fusinus by Hendy et al. (2008).

Subspecies
Pleurofusia (Cruziturricula) fusinus sanctidavidis
Sister species lacking formal opinion data
C. piura

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1911Drillia fusinus Brown and Pilsbry p. 344 figs. pl. 23, fig. 7
1917Drillia fusinus Maury p. 52
1970Pleurofusia (Cruziturricula) fusinus Woodring p. 369
2008Cruziturricula fusinus 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)
familyDrilliidae(Olsson 1964)
genusCruziturriculaMarks 1951
speciesfusinus()

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.

†Cruziturricula fusinus Brown and Pilsbry 1911
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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 Middle Miocene to the top of the Tortonian or 15.98000 to 7.24600 Ma

Collections (17 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Middle Miocene15.98 - 11.63Panama Pleurofusia fusinus (52173)
Tortonian11.63 - 7.246Panama Cruziturricula fusinus (82119) Pleuofusia fusinus (93060 93062) Pleurofusia fusinus (93145 93146 93147 93148 93159 93160 93171 93174 93176 93177)
Tortonian11.63 - 7.246Panama (Darien) Cruziturricula fusinus (131199)
Tortonian11.63 - 7.246Panama (Colon) Pleurofusia fusinus (145195)
Late/Upper Miocene11.63 - 5.333Ecuador Pleurofusia fusinus (96441)