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Heilprinia caloosaensis

Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Fasciolariidae

Taxonomy
Fusus caloosaensis was named by Heilprin (1887). It is not a trace fossil. It is the type species of Heilprinia.

It was recombined as Fusinus (Heilprinia) caloosaensis by DuBar (1958); it was recombined as Heilprinia caloosaensis by Woodring (1964) and Ward and Blackwelder (1987).

Subspecies
H. malcolmi

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1887Fusus caloosaensis Heilprin p. 68 figs. Plate 1, Fig. 1
1958Fusinus (Heilprinia) caloosaensis DuBar p. 194
1964Heilprinia caloosaensis Woodring p. 276
1987Heilprinia caloosaensis Ward and Blackwelder p. 178

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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
genusHeilpriniaGrabau 1900
speciescaloosaensis(Heilprin 1887)

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.

†Heilprinia caloosaensis Heilprin 1887
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†Heilprinia caloosaensis malcolmi Ward and Blackwelder 1987
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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: Kiessling 2004, Hendy et al. 2009

Age range: base of the Late/Upper Pliocene to the top of the Early/Lower Pleistocene or 3.60000 to 0.78100 Ma

Collections (7 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Pliocene - Pleistocene5.333 - 0.0117USA (Florida) Fusinus caloosaensis (41749)
Late/Upper Pliocene3.6 - 2.588USA (Florida) Fusinus caloosaensis (59484)
Late/Upper Pliocene - Early/Lower Pleistocene3.6 - 0.781USA (Florida) Heilprinia caloosaensis (79804)
Early/Lower Pleistocene2.588 - 0.781USA (Florida) Fusinus caloosaensis (41501 69029 79331) Heilprinia caloosaensis (79786)