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Fulgoraria (Musashia) ellenmooreae

Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Volutidae

Taxonomy
Fulgoraria (Musashia) ellenmooreae was named by Squires and Goedert (1994). Its type specimen is LACMIP 12274, a shell, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Murdock Creek mouth, near, which is in a Rupelian/Chattian basinal (siliceous) mudstone in the Pysht Formation of Washington.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1994Fulgoraria (Musashia) ellenmooreae Squires and Goedert p. 404 figs. Figs. 3-8

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classGastropoda
subclassCaenogastropoda(Cox 1959)
—Sorbeoconcha(Ponder and Lindberg 1997)
RankNameAuthor
—Hypsogastropoda(Ponder and Lindberg 1997)
superorderLatrogastropodaRiedel 2000
orderNeogastropodaThiele 1929
superfamilyMuricoideade Costa 1776
familyVolutidaeRafinesque 1815
subfamilyFulgorariinaePilsbry and Olsson 1954
genusFulgorariaSchumacher 1817
subgenusMusashia(Hayashi 1966)
speciesellenmooreae

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.

†Fulgoraria (Musashia) ellenmooreae Squires and Goedert 1994
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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 08:23:59
Modified: 2009-09-10 10:23:59
Source: f = family, c = class
References: Hendy et al. 2009, Kiessling 2004

Age range: base of the Rupelian to the top of the Chattian or 33.90000 to 23.04000 Ma

Collections (15 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Rupelian33.9 - 27.3USA (Washington) Fulgoraria ellenmooreae (58964 205208 205210 205211 205215 205216)
Rupelian - Chattian33.9 - 23.04USA (Washington) Fulgoraria ellenmooreae (type locality: 205207 205212 205213 205214)
Chattian27.3 - 23.04USA (Washington) Fulgoraria ellenmooreae (91614 91615 91623 205209 205217)