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Hemifusus lewisiana

Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Melongenidae

Taxonomy
Hemifusus lewisiana was named by Weaver (1912). It is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is UW 1, Cowlitz Formation, which is in a Bartonian marine horizon in the Cowlitz Formation of Washington.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1912Hemifusus lewisiana Weaver p. 46 figs. Plate I, Fig. 9

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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
genusHemifususRöding 1798
specieslewisiana

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.

Hemifusus lewisiana Weaver 1912
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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: Bartonian or 41.03000 to 37.71000 Ma

Collections (3 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Eocene56.0 - 33.9USA (California) Hemifusus lewisiana (207113)
Bartonian41.03 - 37.71USA (Washington) Hemifusus lewisiana (type locality: 139020 207129)