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Colus (Aulacofusus)

Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Buccinidae

Taxonomy
Aulacofusus was named as a genus. It is extant.

It was reranked as Colus (Aulacofusus) by Oleinik and Marincovich (2003).

It was assigned to Neptuneinae by Titova (1994); to Neogastropoda by Sepkoski (2002); and to Colus by Stewart (1927), Oleinik and Marincovich (2003).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1927Colus (Aulocofusus) Stewart p. 396
1994Aulacofusus Titova p. 322
2002Aulacofusus Sepkoski
2003Colus (Aulacofusus) Oleinik and Marincovich Jr p. 40

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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
superfamilyBuccinoidea(Rafinesque 1815)
familyBuccinidaeRafinesque 1815
genusColusRöding 1798
subgenusAulacofusus

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.

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 Bartonian to the top of the Early/Lower Pleistocene or 41.03000 to 0.77400 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 37.71 Ma

Collections (4 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Bartonian41.03 - 37.71Russian Federation (Kamchatka) Colus asagaensis (5946)
Aquitanian23.04 - 20.45Japan (Hokkaido) Aulacofusus sp. (219254)
Late/Upper Pliocene3.6 - 2.58Japan (Fukushima) Aulacofusus periscelidus (62295)
Early/Lower Pleistocene2.58 - 0.774USA (Alaska) Colus spitsbergensis (38007)