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Austrofusus (Austrofusus)

Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Buccinidae

Taxonomy

Austrofusus (Austrofusus) was named by Kobelt (1879). It is extant.

It was assigned to Austrofusus by Kobelt (1879), Beu et al. (1990).

Species lacking formal opinion data

Austrofusus acuticostatus, Austrofusus afflictus, Austrofusus apudalpha, Austrofusus apudalpha, Austrofusus belenensis, Austrofusus bicarinatus, Austrofusus blakei, Austrofusus casei, Austrofusus coerulescens, Austrofusus crassiaulatus, Austrofusus glans, Austrofusus marwicki, Austrofusus pagoda, Austrofusus pliocenica, Austrofusus precursor, Austrofusus selwyni, Austrofusus separabilis, Austrofusus spinifer, Austrofusus steinmanni

Synonymy list

Year	Name and author
1879	Austrofusus (Austrofusus) Kobelt
1990	Austrofusus (Austrofusus) Beu et al. p. 412

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Rank	Name	Author
kingdom	Animalia	()
—	Bilateria
—	Eubilateria	Ax 1987
—	Protostomia
—	Spiralia
superphylum	Lophotrochozoa
phylum	Mollusca
class	Gastropoda
subclass	Caenogastropoda	(Cox 1959)

Rank	Name	Author
—	Sorbeoconcha	(Ponder and Lindberg 1997)
—	Hypsogastropoda	(Ponder and Lindberg 1997)
superorder	Latrogastropoda	Riedel 2000
order	Neogastropoda	Thiele 1929
superfamily	Buccinoidea	(Rafinesque 1815)
family	Buccinidae	Rafinesque 1815
genus	Austrofusus	Kobelt 1879
subgenus	Austrofusus	Kobelt 1879

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.

Subg. Austrofusus (Austrofusus) Kobelt 1879

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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 08:10:04

Modified:

2009-09-10 10:10:04

Source: f = family, c = class

References: Hendy et al. 2009, Kiessling 2004

Age range: base of the Late/Upper Eocene to the top of the Early/Lower Pliocene or 37.71000 to 3.60000 Ma

Collections (4 total)

Time interval	Ma	Country or state	Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Eocene	37.71 - 33.9	New Zealand (Canterbury)	Austrofusus separabilis (45041) Austrofusus separabilis, Austrofusus bicarinatus (45037)
Oligocene	33.9 - 23.04	New Zealand	Austrofusus bicarinatus (45023)
Early/Lower Pliocene	5.333 - 3.6	New Zealand (Auckland)	Zelandiella pliocenica (45256)