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Fusinus meganosensis

Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Fasciolariidae

Taxonomy
Fusinus meganosensis was named by Clark and Woodford (1927). Its type specimen is UCMP 31243, a shell, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is UCMP loc. 3150, north of Mount Diablo, which is in a Ypresian coastal sandstone in the Meganos Formation of California.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1927Fusinus meganosensis Clark and Woodford p. 111 figs. Pl 19, fig 13

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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
speciesmeganosensis

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.

†Fusinus meganosensis Clark and Woodford 1927
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Diagnosis
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