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Busycon dasum

Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Melongenidae

Taxonomy
Busycon dasum was named by Gardner (1947) [DISTRIBUTION: Early Miocene; Florida.]. Its type specimen is USNM 113618, a shell, and it is not a trace fossil. Its type locality is USGS Loc. 2238 - Flournoy's Mill [Shoal River Fm], which is in a Serravallian marine marl/sandstone in the Shoal River Formation of Florida.

It was recombined as Turrifulgur dasum by Petuch (1988).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1947Busycon dasum Gardner pp. 451-452 figs. pl. L, figs. 10, 11
1988Turrifulgur dasum Petuch p. 24
2008Busycon dasum Hendy et al.

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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
subfamilyBusyconinaeWade 1917
genusBusyconRöding 1798
speciesdasum

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.

Busycon dasum Gardner 1947
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: aragonitec
Entire body: yesg
Adult width: 100 to < 1000g
Adult height: 100 to < 1000g
Thickness: intermediateg
Folds: noneg
Ribbing: minorg
Spines: minorg
Internal reinforcement: noneg
Locomotion: actively mobilef
Life habit: epifaunalf
Diet: carnivoref
Vision: limitedc
Created: 2009-03-16 10:35:12
Modified: 2009-03-16 12:35:12
Source: g = genus, f = family, c = class
References: Abbott and Dance 1986, Hendy et al. 2009, Kiessling 2004

Age range: Serravallian or 13.82000 to 11.63000 Ma

Collections (7 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Serravallian13.82 - 11.63USA (Florida) Busycon dasum (42692 42819 42870 type locality: 43009 43014 111204 136943)