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Pusionella

Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Clavatulidae

Taxonomy
Pusionella was named by Gray (1847) [Sepkoski's age data: T Eo R]. It is extant.

It was assigned to Terebridae by Harris and Palmer (1947); to Neogastropoda by Sepkoski (2002); and to Clavatulidae by Bouchet et al. (2011).

Species lacking formal opinion data

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1847Pusionella Gray
1850Netrum Philippi
1947Pusionella Harris and Palmer p. 448
2002Pusionella Sepkoski
2011Pusionella Bouchet et al. p. 293

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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
superfamilyConoidea(Rafinesque 1815)
familyClavatulidae(Gray 1853)
genusPusionellaGray 1847

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. Pusionella Gray 1847
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Invalid names: Netrum Philippi 1850 [synonym]
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: Kiessling 2004, Hendy et al. 2009

Age range: base of the Aquitanian to the top of the Middle Pleistocene or 23.04000 to 0.12900 Ma

Collections (5 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Aquitanian23.04 - 20.45France P. pseudofusus (74861)
Burdigalian20.45 - 15.98Germany P. borealis (111599)
Middle Miocene - Pliocene15.98 - 2.58South Africa P. sp. (77208)
Middle Pleistocene0.774 - 0.129Angola P. nifat (152644) P. sp. (152645)