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Fusus (Levifusus) trabeatus

Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Melongenidae

Taxonomy
Fusus (Levifusus) trabeatus was named by Conrad (1858) [Not sure about Conrad 1858 as the original author.]. It is a 3D body fossil.

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
F. australis, F. baumanni, F. bednalli, F. clavatus, F. clementina, F. crispoides, F. danicus, F. decisus, F. doris, F. dupinianus, F. dusenianus, F. elegans, F. errans, F. explicatus, F. faurei, F. inaequicostatus, F. interruptus, F. labiatus, F. macsporrani, F. mcnairyensis, F. mohri, F. munieri, F. noachinus, F. obesus, F. ottonis, F. polypleurus, F. prolixus, F. prolongata, F. proscissus, F. pyruliformis, F. pyrus, F. quercollis, F. rannelloides, F. requienianus, F. rhopalicus, F. robertsi, F. semirugosus, F. shumardi, F. soperi, F. strictus, F. stromeri, F. subclavus, F. subcostatus, F. symmetricus, F. tubrinelloides, F. turbelloides, F. turbinelloides, F. valangiensis, F. valdensis, F. venenatus, F. verruculatus, F. vickxburgensis, F. villai, F. villersensis, F. vraconnensis, F. watermani, F. longirostris, F. interlineatus, Levifusus amplus, Levifusus bellanus, Levifusus bispinosus, Levifusus branneri, Levifusus dalei, Levifusus dallianaus, Levifusus dallianus, Levifusus hubbard, Levifusus hubbardi, Levifusus identus, Levifusus irrasus, Levifusus irrasus, Levifusus lithae, Levifusus mallacus, Levifusus moerchi, Levifusus nodulatum, Levifusus prepagoda, Levifusus quadrifunifer, Levifusus regularoides, Levifusus serrae, Levifusus spiniger, Levifusus supraplanus, Levifusus suteri, Levifusus tuberculatus

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1858Fusus (Levifusus) trabeatus Conrad
1895Fusus (Levifusus) trabeatus Clark p. 4

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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
genusFususConrad 1865
subgenusLevifusus
speciestrabeatusConrad 1858

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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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: base of the Danian to the top of the Bartonian or 66.00000 to 37.71000 Ma

Collections (15 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Danian66.0 - 61.66USA (Texas) Levifusus trabeatus (205466)
Selandian61.66 - 59.24USA (Alabama) Levifusus trabeatus (205427)
Late/Upper Paleocene59.24 - 56.0USA (Virginia) Fusus trabeatus (84048)
Thanetian59.24 - 56.0USA (Louisiana) Levifusus trabeatus (99724 101123 101126)
Ypresian56.0 - 48.07USA (Texas) Levifusus trabeatus (91845)
Ypresian56.0 - 48.07USA (Maryland) Fusus trabeatus (55255)
Ypresian56.0 - 48.07USA (Louisiana) Levifusus trabeatus (105206 105208)
Lutetian48.07 - 41.03USA (Texas) Levifusus trabeatus (205356)
Bartonian41.03 - 37.71USA (Alabama) Levifusus trabeatus (81266 81278 90600 205489)