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Deussenia

Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Melongenidae

Taxonomy
Deussenia was named by Stephenson (1941) [Sepkoski's age data: K Camp-u K Maes]. It is not extant.

It was assigned to Melongenidae by Sohl (1964); to Melongeninae by Squires and Saul (2000); and to Neogastropoda by Sepkoski (2002).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1941Deussenia Stephenson
1964Deussenia Sohl p. 199
2000Deussenia Squires and Saul p. 118
2002Deussenia Sepkoski

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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)
familyMelongenidaeGill 1867
subfamilyMelongeninae(Gill 1871)
genusDeusseniaStephenson 1941

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. †Deussenia Stephenson 1941
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†Deussenia bellalirata Conrad 1858
†Deussenia californiana Squires and Saul 2000
†Deussenia pacificana Squires and Saul 2000
†Deussenia ripleyana Harbison 1945
†Deussenia sierrana Squires and Saul 2000
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 08:20:52
Modified: 2009-09-10 10:20:52
Source: f = family, c = class
References: Kiessling 2004, Hendy et al. 2009

Age range: base of the Maastrichtian to the top of the Early/Lower Maastrichtian or 72.10000 to 66.00000 Ma

Collections (61 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Early/Lower Campanian83.5 - 70.6USA (California) D. sierrana (185153 215262 215263)
Middle Campanian - Late/Upper Campanian83.5 - 70.6USA (California) D. californiana (215264 215265)
Late/Upper Campanian - Early/Lower Maastrichtian83.5 - 66.0USA (Tennessee) D. microstriata (7515)
Maastrichtian72.1 - 66.0USA (Texas) D. ciboloensis (7489 205543) D. ciboloensis, D. multilirae, D. sp. (205541) D. sp. (4537 205408)
Maastrichtian72.1 - 66.0USA (Mississippi) D. ripleyana (7600) D. sp. (205512)
Early/Lower Maastrichtian70.6 - 66.0Japan D. takinoikensis (4894)
Early/Lower Maastrichtian70.6 - 66.0USA (Mississippi) D. bellalirata (4101 4111) D. ripleyana (7476 7590) D. sp. (4110) D. sp., D. ripleyana (7586)
Early/Lower Maastrichtian70.6 - 66.0USA (Georgia) D. bellalirata (4266 4269 4279 4281) D. sp., D. bellalirata (4277)
Early/Lower Maastrichtian70.6 - 66.0USA (Maryland) D. ripleyana (125950)
Early/Lower Maastrichtian70.6 - 66.0USA (Alabama) D. bellalirata (4264) D. sp. (4239 4256 4261 4262 4263) D. sp., D. bellalirata (4247)
Late/Upper Maastrichtian70.6 - 66.0USA (Alabama) D. sp. (4202 4205)
Late/Upper Maastrichtian70.6 - 66.0USA (Texas) D. bellalirata (4455) D. ciboloensis (4475 4507) D. corbis, D. travisana (4472) D. multilirae (4468) D. sp. (4399 4413 4435 4632) D. travisana (4474)
Late/Upper Maastrichtian70.6 - 66.0USA (Mississippi) D. bellalirata (4126 4135) D. sp. (4147 4151 4155 4158 4160 4161) D. travisana, D. bellalirata (4127)
Late/Upper Maastrichtian70.6 - 66.0USA (South Carolina) D. bellalirata (4344) D. sp. (4354 4355)
Late/Upper Maastrichtian70.6 - 66.0USA (Maryland) D. bellalirata (4368 4369)
Late/Upper Maastrichtian70.6 - 66.0USA (Tennessee) D. bellalirata (4121)
Late/Upper Maastrichtian - Early/Lower Paleocene70.6 - 61.7USA (California) D. pacificana (215261)