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Levifusus palaeocenicus

Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Melongenidae

Taxonomy
Fusus (Levifusus) palaeocenicus was named by Furon (1948). It is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Togblékové, bed 6, which is in a Thanetian carbonate limestone in Togo.

It was recombined as Levifusus palaeocenicus by Adegoke (1977).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1948Fusus (Levifusus) palaeocenicus Furon p. 108 figs. Pl 9, fig 13
1977Levifusus palaeocenicus Adegoke p. 180

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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
genusLevifususConrad 1865
speciespalaeocenicus(Furon 1948)

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: Kiessling 2004, Hendy et al. 2009

Age range: base of the Selandian to the top of the Thanetian or 61.66000 to 56.00000 Ma

Collections (2 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Selandian61.66 - 59.24Nigeria Levifusus palaeocenicus (7791)
Thanetian59.24 - 56.0Togo Fusus palaeocenicus (241238)