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Fusispira ventricosa

Gastropoda - Murchisoniina - Subulitidae

Taxonomy
Fusispira ventricosa was named by Hall (1872). It is not extant. It is the type species of Fusispira.

It was corrected as Fusispira ventricosus by Tassell (1982).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1872Fusispira ventricosa Hall
1951Fusispira ventricosa Wilson p. 93
1982Fusispira ventricosus Tassell p. 41
1992Fusispira ventricosa Blodgett and Johnson pp. 129 - 130
1999Fusispira ventricosa Frýda p. 36

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
RankNameAuthor
classGastropoda
subclassOrthogastropoda
orderMurchisoniina
superfamilySubulitoidea(Lindström 1884)
familySubulitidae
genusFusispira
speciesventricosaHall 1872

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.

†Fusispira ventricosa Hall 1872
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: aragonitef
Entire body: yesg
Adult length: 10 to < 100g
Adult width: 10 to < 100g
Adult height: 10 to < 100g
Folds: noneg
Ribbing: noneg
Spines: noneg
Internal reinforcement: noneg
Environment: coastal, marineo
Locomotion: actively mobilef
Life habit: epifaunalf
Diet: carnivoref
Vision: limitedo
Created: 2009-06-06 08:32:22
Modified: 2009-06-06 10:32:22
Source: g = genus, f = family, o = order
References: Wagner 2023, Hendy 2009, Bambach et al. 2007

Age range: base of the Edenian to the top of the Sheinwoodian or 451.00000 to 430.60000 Ma

Collections (17 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Shermanian457.3 - 449.6USA (Illinois, Iowa) Fusispira ventricosa (23659 23664 23667 23668 23670)
Shermanian457.3 - 449.6USA (Minnesota) Fusispira ventricosa (23579 23584)
Edenian451.0 - 450.2USA (Illinois, Iowa) Fusispira ventricosa (23678 23679 23680)
Edenian451.0 - 450.2USA (Minnesota) Fusispira ventricosa (23588 23597)
Edenian - Maysvillian451.0 - 449.6Canada (Ontario) Fusispira ventricosa (26293)
Sheinwoodian432.9 - 430.6USA (Wisconsin) Fusispira ventricosa (13069 13075)
Wenlock - Silurian432.9 - 419.62USA (Wisconsin) Fusispira ventricosa (13104 13107)