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Fyfea

Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Melongenidae

Taxonomy
Fyfea is a genus. It is not extant.

It was assigned to Melonginidae by Beu et al. (1990); and to Neogastropoda by Sepkoski (2002).

Species
F. beui
Species lacking formal opinion data
F. lirata

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1990Fyfea Beu et al. p. 414
2002Fyfea Sepkoski

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classGastropoda
RankNameAuthor
subclassCaenogastropoda(Cox 1959)
—Sorbeoconcha(Ponder and Lindberg 1997)
—Hypsogastropoda(Ponder and Lindberg 1997)
superorderLatrogastropodaRiedel 2000
orderNeogastropodaThiele 1929
superfamilyBuccinoidea(Rafinesque 1815)
familyMelongenidaeGill 1867
genusFyfea

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. †Fyfea
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†Fyfea beui Griffin and Hünicken 1994
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: Hendy et al. 2009, Kiessling 2004

Age range: Danian or 66.00000 to 61.66000 Ma

Collections (6 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Danian66.0 - 61.66Argentina (Chubut) F. lirata (74172)
Danian66.0 - 61.66Argentina (Santa Cruz) F. beui (242043 242045 242049 242064)
Paleocene66.0 - 56.0Argentina F. sp., F. beui (99400)