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Fusinus

Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Fasciolariidae

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1815Fusinus Rafinesque
1923Fusinus Clark and Arnold p. 158
1928Fusinus Woodring p. 256
1938Fusinus Turner p. 75
1947Fusinus Gardner p. 447
1947Fusinus Harris and Palmer p. 385
1948Fusinus Gardner p. 255
1953Fusinus Olsson and Harbison p. 218
1958Fusinus DuBar p. 194
1960Fusinus MacNeil p. 84
1964Fusinus Sohl p. 227
1964Fusinus Woodring p. 275
1977Fusinus Ladd p. 57
1980Fusinus Hickman p. 59
1982Fusinus Ladd p. 53
1984Fusinus Squires p. 33
1989Fusinus Robba et al. p. 80
1992Fusinus Ward p. 134
1994Fusinus Wilson p. 68
1995Fusinus Frassinetti and Covacevich p. 61
2001Fusinus Todd
2002Fusinus Harzhauser p. 101
2002Fusinus Sepkoski
2003Fusinus Snyder p. 20
2010Fusinus Landau and Marques da Silva p. 79
2017Fusinus Darragh p. 71

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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
genusFusinusRafinesque 1815

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. Fusinus Rafinesque 1815
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Subg. Fusinus (Fusinus) Rafinesque 1815
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Fusinus (Fusinus) hoessi Parsch in Hörnes 1837
Subg. Fusinus (Gracilipurpura) Jousseaume 1880
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Invalid names: Fusus acuticostatus Speyer 1860 [synonym]
Fusinus alaquaensis Mansfield 1935
Fusinus bocarepertus Maury 1912
Fusinus bocaserpentis Maury 1912
Fusinus closter Philippi 1850
Fusinus colubri Maury 1912
Fusinus colus Linnaeus 1758
Fusinus dictyotis Tate 1888
Fusinus dilectus Adams 1856
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Invalid names: Fusinus marensis Weisbord 1962 [synonym], Fusinus tenuiliratus Dunker 1867 [synonym]
Fusinus dilleri Hickman 1980
Fusinus empireensis Anderson and Martin 1914
Fusinus empleus Woodring 1964
Fusinus engonius Woodring 1928
Fusinus exilis Dall 1890
Fusinus fabulator Nomland 1917
Fusinus henekeni Sowerby II 1850
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Fusinus henicus Tate 1889
Fusinus hoffmani Ward 1992
Fusinus honensis Olsson 1922
Fusinus macnairyensis Wade 1926
Fusinus magdalenensis Anderson 1929
Fusinus markleyensis Clark 1938
Fusinus meganosensis Clark and Woodford 1927
Fusinus meredithae Tenison Woods 1875
Fusinus merriami Dickerson 1916
Fusinus meunieri Maury 1912
Fusinus mohrioides Maury 1912
Fusinus patagoniensis Chiesa and Camacho 2001
Fusinus pinolianus Clark 1918
Fusinus quilonicus Dey 1961
Fusinus sculptilis Tate 1888
Fusinus sewalliana Maury 1912
Fusinus simiensis Nelson 1925
Fusinus simulans Tate 1888
Fusinus sirenideditus Maury 1912
Fusinus springvalensis Maury 1925
Fusinus taeniensis Maury 1912
Fusinus teglandae Hanna 1927
Fusinus trentensis Richards 1943
Fusinus ucalius Vokes 1939
Fusinus unicarinatus Deshayes 1835
Fusinus voetus Hanna 1927
Fusinus vonderschmidti Rutsch 1934
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

Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Cenomanian to the top of the Holocene or 100.50000 to 0.00000 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 93.9 Ma

Collections (338 total)

Oldest occurrences

Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Cenomanian100.5 - 93.9USA (Texas) F. cornelianus (4648 6580)
Turonian - Coniacian93.9 - 86.3Peru F. sp. (88671)
Santonian86.3 - 83.6Germany F. baccatus (74484 74485)
Late/Upper Santonian85.8 - 83.5Austria F. reussi, F. subabbreviatus (177758)
Early/Lower Campanian - Middle Campanian83.5 - 70.6USA (Mississippi) F. macnairyensis (6660 32140 32141)
Maastrichtian72.1 - 66.0Antarctica (Seymour Island) F. phillippiana (63518) F. sp., F. phillippiana (63513)
Maastrichtian72.1 - 66.0USA (Texas) F. sp. (205541)
Maastrichtian72.1 - 66.0USA (Tennessee) F. macnairyensis (205445)
Early/Lower Maastrichtian70.6 - 66.0USA (Alabama) F. macnairyensis (4247)
Early/Lower Maastrichtian70.6 - 66.0USA (Mississippi) F. macnairyensis (7477 7487 7592)
Late/Upper Maastrichtian70.6 - 66.0USA (Texas) F. macnairyensis (4440 4441 4455)
Late/Upper Maastrichtian70.6 - 66.0USA (Missouri) F. macnairyensis (4382) F. sp. (4385)
Danian66.0 - 61.6Greenland F. sp. (22943)
Danian66.0 - 61.6USA (Texas) F. sp. (205464)
Danian66.0 - 61.6Colombia (Guajira) F. sp. (99141)
Danian66.0 - 61.6Denmark F. sp. 1, F. sp. 2 (176994)
Paleocene66.0 - 56.0Argentina F. sp. (99400)
Paleocene66.0 - 56.0USA (California) F. simiensis (11117)
Paleocene66.0 - 56.0Austria (Salzburg) Fusus unicarinatus (84335)
Selandian61.6 - 59.2Colombia F. sp. (180400)