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Fusinus merriami

Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Fasciolariidae

Taxonomy
Fusinus merriami was named by Dickerson (1916). It is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is UCMP loc. 1853, Marysville Buttes, which is in a Ypresian marine horizon in the Capay Formation of California.

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
F. abruptus, F. aciculatus, F. acuminatus, F. anglorum, F. asper, F. baccatus, F. ballista, F. californicus, F. caloosaensis, F. capeletti, F. chehalisensis, F. cinereus, F. claibornica, F. closer, F. closter, F. coosensis, F. cornelianus, F. corpulentus, F. dianeae, F. dissimilis, F. doris, F. dupetitthouarsii, F. equalis, F. gracillimus, F. gracillinus, F. graciloaustralis, F. grimaldi, F. hanniabli, F. heilprini, F. hoessii, F. hontensis, F. irrasus, F. lamellosus, F. leptorhynchuss, F. lewisensis, F. limulus, F. longiroster, F. macsporrani, F. magnocostatus, F. mathewsonii, F. mellissus, F. menengtenganus, F. mithras, F. montesanoensis, F. multiliratus, F. nexilis, F. nexilis, F. nicobaricus, F. nodosoplicatus, F. nodulosus, F. ocelliferus, F. panamensis, F. perplexus, F. phillippiana, F. porrectus, F. prevosti, F. pustulatus, F. pyrulatus, F. regnorum, F. remondi, F. reticulatus, F. reussi, F. rostratus, F. rudis, F. simplex, F. sismondai, F. soperis, F. stanfordensis, F. stanfordensis, F. subabbreviatus, F. suraknisos, F. townsendi, F. tuberculatus, F. tulipa, F. ulcimus, F. vindobonensis, F. wahaoicus, F. waltonensis, F. washingtoniana, F. watermani, F. willisi, F. zaframboliensis, F. undatus, F. esmeraldus, F. irregularis, F. terryi, F. vokesi, F. willisi, F. wolfi, F. elatior, F. caloosaensis

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1916Fusinus merriami Dickerson p. 493 figs. Plate 40, figures 2a, 2b
1938Fusinus merriami Turner p. 75

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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)
familyFasciolariidaeGray 1853
subfamilyFusininaeSwainson 1840
genusFusinusRafinesque 1815
speciesmerriami

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.

†Fusinus merriami Dickerson 1916
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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 08:21:16
Modified: 2009-09-10 10:21:16
Source: f = family, c = class
References: Hendy et al. 2009, Kiessling 2004

Age range: base of the Ypresian to the top of the Lutetian or 56.00000 to 41.03000 Ma

Collections (5 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Ypresian56.0 - 48.07USA (Oregon) Fusinus merriami (200802 200873)
Ypresian56.0 - 48.07USA (California) Fusinus merriami (type locality: 122337)
Ypresian - Lutetian56.0 - 41.03USA (Oregon) Fusinus merriami (200885)
Middle Eocene - Late/Upper Eocene48.07 - 33.9USA (California) Fusinus merriami (37928)