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Fulgerca

Gastropoda - Neogastropoda

Taxonomy
Fulgerca was named by Stephenson (1941) [Sepkoski's age data: K Sant K Maes]. It is not extant.

It was assigned to Olividae by Stephenson (1941); to Pseudolivinae by Sohl (1964); to Muricoidea by Vermeij (1998); and to Neogastropoda by Sepkoski (2002).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1941Fulgerca Stephenson
1964Fulgerca Sohl p. 246
1998Fulgerca Vermeij p. 76
2002Fulgerca Sepkoski

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classGastropoda
RankNameAuthor
subclassCaenogastropoda(Cox 1959)
Sorbeoconcha(Ponder and Lindberg 1997)
Hypsogastropoda(Ponder and Lindberg 1997)
superorderLatrogastropodaRiedel 2000
orderNeogastropodaThiele 1929
superfamilyMuricoideade Costa 1776
genusFulgercaStephenson 1941

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.

G. †Fulgerca Stephenson 1941
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Fulgerca attenuata Wade 1926
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: aragonitec
Locomotion: actively mobilesuperf
Life habit: epifaunalsuperf
Diet: carnivoresuperf
Vision: limitedc
Created: 2009-09-10 08:26:18
Modified: 2009-09-10 10:26:18
Source: superf = superfamily, c = class
References: Hendy et al. 2009, Kiessling 2004

Age range: base of the Maastrichtian to the top of the Late/Upper Maastrichtian or 72.10000 to 66.00000 Ma

Collections (34 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Cretaceous100.5 - 66.0USA (Texas) F. attenuata (225659)
Early/Lower Campanian - Middle Campanian83.5 - 70.6USA (Mississippi) F. compressilirata (6660 32140)
Late/Upper Campanian83.5 - 70.6USA (Tennessee) Pseudoliva attenuata (88357)
Late/Upper Campanian - Early/Lower Maastrichtian83.5 - 66.0USA (Tennessee) F. attenuata (7515)
Maastrichtian72.1 - 66.0USA (Tennessee) F. attenuata (205445)
Maastrichtian72.1 - 66.0USA (Texas) F. attenuata (4604 205541) F. sp. (4601 205510) F. venusta (7570)
Early/Lower Maastrichtian70.6 - 66.0USA (Mississippi) F. attenuata (7476 7586 7590 7591 7592 7593)
Early/Lower Maastrichtian70.6 - 66.0USA (Alabama) F. sp. (4263 4276)
Early/Lower Maastrichtian70.6 - 66.0USA (Georgia) F. attenuata (4265 4267 4268 4277 4282) F. sp. (4312)
Late/Upper Maastrichtian70.6 - 66.0USA (Missouri) F. sp. (4385)
Late/Upper Maastrichtian70.6 - 66.0USA (Maryland) F. attenuata (4368 4369)
Late/Upper Maastrichtian70.6 - 66.0USA (Alabama) F. attenuata (4237)
Late/Upper Maastrichtian70.6 - 66.0USA (Texas) F. attenuata (4427 4435 4445 4447 4454)