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Fusimitra conquisita

Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Mitridae

Taxonomy
Mitra conquisita was named by Conrad (1848). It is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Vicksburg, which is in a Rupelian marine marl in the Byram Marl Formation of Mississippi.

It was recombined as Fusimitra conquisita by Harris and Palmer (1947), Landau and Marques da Silva (2010).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1848Mitra conquisita Conrad
1947Fusimitra conquisita Harris and Palmer p. 399
2010Fusimitra conquisita Landau and Marques da Silva p. 89

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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
superfamilyMitroideaSwainson 1831
familyMitridaeSwainson 1831
subfamilyMitrinaeSwainson 1831
genusFusimitraConrad 1855
speciesconquisita()

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.

Fusimitra conquisita Conrad 1848
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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 08:22:13
Modified: 2009-09-10 10:22:13
Source: f = family, c = class
References: Kiessling 2004, Hendy et al. 2009

Age range: base of the Rupelian to the top of the Late/Upper Oligocene or 33.90000 to 23.04000 Ma

Collections (7 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Rupelian33.9 - 27.3USA (Mississippi) Mitra conquisita (5501 5612 5779 5787 5788 84137)
Late/Upper Oligocene27.3 - 23.04Mexico (Tamaulipas) Mitra conquisita (43089)