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Fusinus
Taxonomy
Fusinus was named by Rafinesque (1815) [Sepkoski's age data: K Albi-u R Sepkoski's reference number: 792]. It is extant. Its type is Murex colus.
It was assigned to Fasciolaridae by Clark and Arnold (1923) and Harris and Palmer (1947); to Buccinidae by Sohl (1964); to Fusinidae by Gardner (1947), Gardner (1948) and Woodring (1964); to Fasciolariinae by Wilson (1994); to Neogastropoda by Sepkoski (2002); to Fusininae by MacNeil (1960), Sohl (1964), Hickman (1980), Squires (1984), Robba et al. (1989), Ward (1992), Harzhauser (2002), Snyder (2003) and Landau and Marques da Silva (2010); and to Fasciolariidae by Woodring (1928), Turner (1938), Olsson and Harbison (1953), DuBar (1958), Ladd (1977), Ladd (1982), Frassinetti and Covacevich (1995), Todd (2001) and Darragh (2017).
It was assigned to Fasciolaridae by Clark and Arnold (1923) and Harris and Palmer (1947); to Buccinidae by Sohl (1964); to Fusinidae by Gardner (1947), Gardner (1948) and Woodring (1964); to Fasciolariinae by Wilson (1994); to Neogastropoda by Sepkoski (2002); to Fusininae by MacNeil (1960), Sohl (1964), Hickman (1980), Squires (1984), Robba et al. (1989), Ward (1992), Harzhauser (2002), Snyder (2003) and Landau and Marques da Silva (2010); and to Fasciolariidae by Woodring (1928), Turner (1938), Olsson and Harbison (1953), DuBar (1958), Ladd (1977), Ladd (1982), Frassinetti and Covacevich (1995), Todd (2001) and Darragh (2017).
Species
F. (Fusinus), F. (Gracilipurpura), F. alaquaensis, F. bocarepertus, F. bocaserpentis, F. caboblanquensis, F. closter, F. colubri, F. colus, F. dictyotis, F. dilectus (syn. F. tenuiliratus, F. marensis), F. dilleri, F. dupetitthouarsi, F. empireensis, F. empleus, F. engonius, F. exilis, F. fabulator, F. gesteri, F. henekeni, F. henicus, F. hoffmani, F. honensis, F. longiusculoides, F. macnairyensis, F. magdalenensis, F. markleyensis, F. meganosensis, F. meredithae, F. merriami, F. meunieri, F. mohrioides, F. obtentus (syn. F. (Priscofusus) lineatus), F. patagoniensis, F. pinolianus, F. quilonicus, F. sculptilis, F. sewalliana, F. simiensis, F. simulans, F. sirenideditus, F. springvalensis, F. taeniensis, F. teglandae, F. trentensis, F. ucalius, F. unicarinatus, F. voetus, F. vonderschmidti
Species lacking formal opinion data
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1815 | Fusinus Rafinesque |
| 1923 | Fusinus Clark and Arnold p. 158 |
| 1928 | Fusinus Woodring p. 256 |
| 1938 | Fusinus Turner p. 75 |
| 1947 | Fusinus Gardner p. 447 |
| 1947 | Fusinus Harris and Palmer p. 385 |
| 1948 | Fusinus Gardner p. 255 |
| 1953 | Fusinus Olsson and Harbison p. 218 |
| 1958 | Fusinus DuBar p. 194 |
| 1960 | Fusinus MacNeil p. 84 |
| 1964 | Fusinus Sohl p. 227 |
| 1964 | Fusinus Woodring p. 275 |
| 1977 | Fusinus Ladd p. 57 |
| 1980 | Fusinus Hickman p. 59 |
| 1982 | Fusinus Ladd p. 53 |
| 1984 | Fusinus Squires p. 33 |
| 1989 | Fusinus Robba et al. p. 80 |
| 1992 | Fusinus Ward p. 134 |
| 1994 | Fusinus Wilson p. 68 |
| 1995 | Fusinus Frassinetti and Covacevich p. 61 |
| 2001 | Fusinus Todd |
| 2002 | Fusinus Harzhauser p. 101 |
| 2002 | Fusinus Sepkoski |
| 2003 | Fusinus Snyder p. 20 |
| 2010 | Fusinus Landau and Marques da Silva p. 79 |
| 2017 | Fusinus Darragh p. 71 |
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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 (Gracilipurpura) Jousseaume 1880
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†Fusinus (Gracilipurpura) elatior Beyrich 1848
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Invalid names: Fusus acuticostatus Speyer 1860 [synonym]
†Fusinus alaquaensis Mansfield 1935
†Fusinus bocarepertus Maury 1912
†Fusinus bocaserpentis Maury 1912
Fusinus caboblanquensis Weisbord 1962
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 dupetitthouarsi Kiener 1840
†Fusinus empireensis Anderson and Martin 1914
†Fusinus empleus Woodring 1964
†Fusinus engonius Woodring 1928
†Fusinus exilis Dall 1890
†Fusinus fabulator Nomland 1917
†Fusinus gesteri Dickerson 1917
†Fusinus henekeni veatchi Maury 1917
†Fusinus henicus Tate 1889
†Fusinus hoffmani Ward 1992
†Fusinus honensis Olsson 1922
†Fusinus longiusculoides Maury 1912
†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 obtentus Hanna 1924
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Invalid names: Fusinus (Priscofusus) lineatus Dickerson 1913 [replaced]
†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
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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
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 93.9 Ma
Collections (335 total)
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| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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| Cenomanian | USA (Texas) | F. cornelianus (4648 6580) | |
| Turonian - Coniacian | Peru | F. sp. (88671) | |
| Santonian | Germany | F. baccatus (74484 74485) | |
| Late/Upper Santonian | Austria | F. reussi, F. subabbreviatus (177758) | |
| Early/Lower Campanian - Middle Campanian | USA (Mississippi) | F. macnairyensis (6660 32140 32141) | |
| Maastrichtian | USA (Texas) | F. sp. (205541) | |
| Maastrichtian | Antarctica (Seymour Island) | F. phillippiana (63518) F. sp., F. phillippiana (63513) | |
| Maastrichtian | USA (Tennessee) | F. macnairyensis (205445) | |
| Early/Lower Maastrichtian | USA (Alabama) | F. macnairyensis (4247) | |
| Early/Lower Maastrichtian | USA (Mississippi) | F. macnairyensis (7477 7487 7592) | |
| Late/Upper Maastrichtian | USA (Texas) | F. macnairyensis (4440 4441 4455) | |
| Late/Upper Maastrichtian | USA (Missouri) | F. macnairyensis (4382) F. sp. (4385) | |
| Danian | Colombia (Guajira) | F. sp. (99141) | |
| Danian | Denmark | F. sp. 1, F. sp. 2 (176994) | |
| Danian | Greenland | F. sp. (22943) | |
| Danian | USA (Texas) | F. sp. (205464) | |
| Paleocene | Austria (Salzburg) | Fusus unicarinatus (84335) | |
| Paleocene | Argentina | F. sp. (99400) | |
| Paleocene | USA (California) | F. simiensis (11117) | |
| Selandian | Colombia | F. sp. (180400) | |