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Fusitriton magellanicus

Gastropoda - Ranellidae

Taxonomy
Murex magellanicus was named by Chemnitz (1788). It is extant.

It was recombined as Neptunea magellanica by Röding (1798); it was recombined as Argobuccinum (Argobuccinum) magellanicum by Carcelles (1944); it was recombined as Argobuccinum (Fusitriton) magellanicum by Carcelles and Williamson (1951); it was recombined as Fusitriton magellanicus by Beu (1978), Nielson and Valdovinos (2008), Beu (2010).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
F. galea, F. goodspeedi

Synonyms
  • Triton cancellatum was named by Lamarck (1816). It is extant.

    It was recombined as Argobuccinum (Fusitriton) cancellatus by Wenz (1938); it was recombined as Fusitriton cancellatus by Smith (1970); it was synonymized subjectively with Fusitriton magellanicus by Nielson and Valdovinos (2008).
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1788Murex magellanicus Chemnitz p. 275 figs. pl. 164, fig. 1570
1798Neptunea magellanica Röding p. 116
1816Triton cancellatum Lamarck p. 4
1938Argobuccinum (Fusitriton) cancellatus Wenz p. 3022
1944Argobuccinum (Argobuccinum) magellanicum Carcelles p. 247
1951Argobuccinum (Fusitriton) magellanicum Carcelles and Williamson p. 286
1970Fusitriton cancellatus Smith p. 475
1978Fusitriton magellanicus Beu p. 34
2008Fusitriton magellanicus Nielson and Valdovinos p. 209
2010Fusitriton magellanicus Beu p. 104

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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
superfamilyTonnoidea(Suter 1913)
familyRanellidaeGray 1854
subfamilyRanellinaeGray 1854
genusFusitriton()
speciesmagellanicus(Chemnitz 1788)

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.

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Invalid names: Triton cancellatum Lamarck 1816 [synonym]
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 07:59:47
Modified: 2009-09-10 09:59:47
Source: f = family, c = class
References: Kiessling 2004, Hendy et al. 2009

Age range: Early/Lower Pleistocene or 2.58800 to 0.78100 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Early/Lower Pleistocene2.588 - 0.781Chile Fusitriton magellanicus (89241)