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Hemifusus (Hemifusus) colosseus

Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Melongenidae

Taxonomy
Fusus colosseus was named by Lamarck (1822). It is extant.

It was recombined as Hemifusus (Hemifusus) colosseus by Oostingh (1935).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
H. supramoerchi

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1822Fusus colosseus Lamarck p. 121
1935Hemifusus (Hemifusus) colosseus Oostingh p. 86

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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
genusHemifususRöding 1798
subgenusHemifusus(Swainson 1840)
speciescolosseus(Lamarck 1822)

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.

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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 08:20:52
Modified: 2009-09-10 10:20:52
Source: f = family, c = class
References: Hendy et al. 2009, Kiessling 2004

Age range: Pliocene or 5.33300 to 2.58800 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Pliocene5.333 - 2.588Indonesia Hemifusus colosseus (84532)