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Protofusus delicatulus

Gastropoda - Purpurinidae

Taxonomy
Protofusus delicatulus was named by Haas (1953). It is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Cerro de Pasco area, Ninacaca, loc. 86, which is in a Rhaetian marine limestone in Peru.

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1953Protofusus delicatulus Haas p. 217 figs. Pl 14, figs 30-52,55,63

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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)
superfamilyLittorinoidea(Gray 1840)
familyPurpurinidaeZittel 1895
genusProtofususBonarelli 1921
speciesdelicatulus

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
partNmeanminimummaximummedians.d.
shell height362.761.794.802.770.758

Composition: aragonitec
Locomotion: actively mobilesuperf
Life habit: epifaunalsuperf
Diet: grazersuperf
Vision: limitedc
Created: 2009-09-10 07:51:34
Modified: 2009-09-10 09:51:34
Source: superf = superfamily, c = class
References: Hendy et al. 2009, Kiessling 2004

Age range: Rhaetian or 208.50000 to 201.30000 Ma

Collections (3 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Norian - Rhaetian228.0 - 201.3Peru Protofusus delicatulus (68129)
Rhaetian208.5 - 201.3Peru Protofusus delicatulus (68116 type locality: 68119)