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Busycon fusiformis

Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Melongenidae

Taxonomy
Fulgur fusiformis was named by Conrad (1840).

It was corrected as Fulgur fusiforme by Martin (1904); it was recombined as Turrifulgur fusiforme by Petuch (1988); it was recombined as Busycon fusiformis by Ward (1992).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1840Fulgur fusiformis Conrad p. 80
1904Fulgur fusiforme Martin p. 178
1988Turrifulgur fusiforme Petuch p. 24
1992Busycon fusiformis Ward p. 131

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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
speciesfusiformis(Conrad 1840)

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 fusiformis Conrad 1840
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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: Tortonian or 11.63000 to 7.24600 Ma

Collections (2 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Tortonian11.63 - 7.246USA (Maryland) Fulgur fusiforme (70853)
Late/Upper Miocene11.63 - 5.333USA (Maryland) Turrifulgur fusiforme (92325)