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Nassariidae

Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Nassariidae

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1916Nassariidae Iredale
1947Nassariidae Harris and Palmer p. 347
1970Nassariidae Addicott p. 98
1980Nassariidae Hickman p. 58
1984Nassariidae Squires p. 31
1987Nassariidae Ward and Blackwelder p. 132
1992Nassariidae Ward p. 132
1998Nassariidae Beesley p. 829
2001Nassariidae Harzhauser and Mandic p. 712
2001Nassariidae Todd
2001Nassariidae Wienrich p. 484
2003Nassariidae Jeffery
2005Nassariidae Bouchet et al. p. 255

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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
superfamilyBuccinoidea(Rafinesque 1815)
familyNassariidaeIredale 1916
familyNassariidaeIredale 1916

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.

Fm. Nassariidae Iredale 1916
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G. Amyclina Iredale 1918
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Amyclina labiosa Sowerby 1824
G. †Bathynassa Ladd 1976
G. Bullia Gray 1834
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Bullia (Buccinanops) clarki Wagner and Schilling 1923
Bullia (Buccinanops) clarki wheatlandensis Clark and Anderson 1938
Bullia altile harrisi Price and Palmer 1928
Bullia altilis Conrad 1832
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Invalid names: Anolax gigantea Lea 1833 [synonym]
Bullia annulata Lamarck 1816
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Invalid names: Bullia magna Haughton 1932 [synonym]
Bullia buccinoides Merriam 1897
Bullia hungarica Gábor 1936
Bullia laevissima Gmelin 1791
Subfm. Bulliinae Allmon 1990
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G. †Calophos Woodring 1964
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Calophos ectyphus Woodring 1964
Calophos inornatus Gabb 1881
Calophos plicatilis Bose 1906
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Invalid names: Phos springvaleensis Rutsch 1942 [synonym]
Calophos rohri Rutsch 1942
Calophos wilsoni Allmon 1990
G. †Gordanops Olsson 1964
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Gordanops baranoanus Anderson 1929
Gordanops esmeraldensis Olsson 1964
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Bulliopsis integra Meek 1864
Bulliopsis marylandica Conrad 1862
Bulliopsis quadrata Conrad 1830
G. †Colwellia Nuttall and Cooper 1973
G. Cyllene Gray 1834
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Cyllene fuscata Adams 1851
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Invalid names: Cyllene varians Cossmann 1903 [synonym]
Cyllene pretiosa Vredenburg 1923
Subfm. †Cylleninae Bellardi 1882
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G. †Cyllenina Bellardi 1882
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Cyllenina amaldiformis Landau et al. 2009
Cyllenina ancillariaeforme Grateloup 1834
Cyllenina lucenensis Landau and Marquet 1999
Cyllenina paulucciana De Stefani and Pantanelli 1879
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Engoniophos erectus Guppy 1874
G. Ilyanassa Stimpson 1865
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Ilyanassa arata Say 1824
Ilyanassa corbis Olsson 1967
Ilyanassa granifera Conrad 1868
Ilyanassa harpuloides Conrad 1844
Ilyanassa irrorata Conrad 1863
Ilyanassa isogramma Dall 1892
Ilyanassa johnsoni Dall 1892
Ilyanassa marthae Olsson 1967
Ilyanassa scalaspira Conrad 1868
Ilyanassa schizopyga Dall 1892
Ilyanassa sexdentata Conrad 1843
Ilyanassa wilmingtonensis Gardner 1943
G. †Leptarius Woodring 1964
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Leptarius leptus Woodring 1964
G. †Molopophorus Gabb 1869
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Molopophorus anglonana Anderson 1905
Molopophorus bramkampi Clark and Anderson 1938
Molopophorus californicus Clark and Woodford 1927
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Invalid names: Molopophorus tejonensis Dickerson 1915 [synonym]
Molopophorus crooki Clark 1938
Molopophorus dalli Anderson and Martin 1914
Molopophorus effingeri Effinger 1938
Molopophorus gabbi Dall 1909
Molopophorus newcombei Merriam 1897
Molopophorus stephensoni Dickerson 1917
Molopophorus striatus Gabb 1869
G. Nassaria Link 1807
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Subg. Nassaria (Nassaria) Link 1807
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Nassaria birmanica Vredenburg 1921
Nassaria javana Martin 1879
Nassaria neacolubrinus Noetling 1901
Nassaria nivea Gmelin 1790
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Nassaria nivea narica Vredenburg 1925
Nassaria punjabensis Eames 1952
Nassaria tambaccana Martin 1884
Invalid names: Hindsia nivea bhagothorensis Vredenburg 1925 [synonym]
Subfm. †Nassariinae Iredale 1916
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G. Cyclope Risso 1826
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Cyclope migliorinii Bevilaqua 1928
Cyclope neritea Linnaeus 1758
Invalid names: Cyclonassa Swainson 1840 [synonym]
G. Demoulia Gray 1838
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Demoulia conglobata Brocchi 1814
Demoulia pupa Brocchi 1814
Demoulia retusa Lamarck 1822
Demoulia zbyszewskii Landau et al. 2009
G. Fusus Bruguière 1789
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Subg. †Fusus (Butonius) Martin 1933
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Fusus abbreviatus Lamarck 1803
Fusus aciculatus Lamarck 1803
Fusus aequilateralis Weaver 1905
Fusus aigneri Traub 1938
Fusus alligatus Lamarck 1803
Fusus angulatus Lamarck 1803
Fusus antiquus Müller 1774
Fusus apicalis Johnson 1899
Fusus aratus Gabb 1864
Fusus argutus Clark 1895
Fusus asperulus Lamarck 1803
Fusus biplicatus Lamarck 1803
Fusus buddhaicus Vredenburg 1923
Fusus bullata Holmes 1858
Fusus citharellus Lamarck 1803
Fusus clavellatus Lamarck 1803
Fusus climacodes Riedel 1933
Fusus cochleatus Tate 1888
Fusus conus Holmes 1858
Fusus coronatus Lamarck 1803
Fusus crassus Jamnicenko 1987
Fusus cuvirostris Wood 1828
Fusus cylindricus Riedel 1933
Fusus drepanophorus Traub 1938
Fusus dumblei Dickerson 1914
Fusus dumetosus Tate 1888
Fusus exactus Wood 1879
Fusus excisus Lamarck 1803
Fusus faxensis Ravn 1902
Fusus ficulacus Lamarck 1803
Fusus filiformis Holmes 1858
Fusus flexuosus Gabb 1864
Fusus funiculatus Tenison Woods 1879
Fusus funiculosus Lamarck 1803
Fusus gippslandicus Tate 1888
Fusus hehlii von Zieten 1850
Fusus heptagonus Lamarck 1803
Fusus hordeolus Lamarck 1803
Fusus houstonensis Johnson 1899
Fusus humei Vredenburg 1923
Fusus insectoides Harris 1896
Fusus intortus Lamarck 1803
Fusus javanus Martin 1879
Fusus laevigatus Lamarck 1803
Fusus laufensis Traub 1938
Fusus lewisensis Weaver 1912
Fusus longaevus Solander 1766
Fusus ludovicianus Johnson 1899
Fusus marginatus Lamarck 1803
Fusus marnochi Heilprin 1880
Fusus mexicanus Gabb 1869
Fusus minor Holmes 1858
Fusus minutus Lamarck 1803
Fusus miocosmius Olsson 1922
Fusus mississippiensis Conrad 1848
Fusus montesanoensis Weaver 1912
Fusus mortoni Lea 1833
Fusus mortoni carexus Harris 1895
Fusus nodosocarinatus Münster 1841
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Invalid names: Pleurotomaria marginenodosa Klipstein 1843 [synonym]
Fusus nodulosus Lamarck 1803
Fusus obscurus Wood 1879
Fusus pearlensis Aldrich 1885
Fusus perobliquus Johnson 1899
Fusus plicatus Lamarck 1803
Fusus porrectus Solander 1766
Fusus promensis Vredenburg 1923
Fusus roncanus d'Orbigny 1850
Fusus rudis Holmes 1858
Fusus rugosus Lamarck 1803
Fusus sanctaecrucis Arnold 1908
Fusus scalaroides Lamarck 1803
Fusus senonensis Böhm 1891
Fusus sentocosus Tate 1888
Fusus spiniferus Tate 1888
Fusus striatulus Lamarck 1803
Fusus subcancellatus Böhm 1891
Fusus subulatus Lamarck 1803
Fusus supraplanus Cooper 1894
Fusus terebralis Lamarck 1803
Fusus tholoides Tate 1888
Fusus torosus Ortmann 1902
Fusus truncatulus Lamarck 1803
Fusus tumidus Gabb 1869
Fusus uniplicatus Lamarck 1803
Fusus variabilis Lamarck 1803
Fusus vicksburgensis Conrad 1848
Fusus warlii Nyst 1835
Fusus washingtoniana Weaver 1912
Fusus willisi Dickerson 1915
Tritonoatractus pearlensis danvillensis Harris and Palmer 1947
G. Gussonea Monterosato 1912
G. †Keepingia Nuttal and Cooper 1973
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Keepingia gossardii Nyst 1836
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Invalid names: Buccinum thierensi Bosquet 1859 [synonym]
G. Nassarius Duméril 1806
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Nassaria cornelliana Olsson 1914
Subg. Nassarius (Alectrion) Montfort 1810
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Alectrion jacksonensis Cooke 1926
Alectrion losquemadica Maury 1917
Alectrion merenda Olsson 1922
Alectrion ranuncula Olsson 1922
Subg. Nassarius (Arcularia) Link 1807
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Nassa (Arcularia) puntablacoensis Pilsbry and Olsson 1941
Nassarius (Arcularia) luteostoma Broderip and Sowerby 1829
Subg. Nassarius (Caesia) Adams and Adams 1853
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Caesia californiana Conrad 1856
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Invalid names: Nassa waldorfensis Arnold 1908 [synonym]
Caesia cerritensis Arnold 1903
Caesia delosi Woodring 1946
Caesia fossatus Gould 1849
Caesia moraniana Martin 1914
Caesia perpinguis Hinds 1844
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Invalid names: Nassa interstriata Conrad 1855 [synonym]
Caesia rhinetes Berry 1953
Nassa fossatus coilotera Woodring 1946
Invalid names: Zaphon [synonym]
Subg. Nassarius (Catilon) Addicott 1965
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Nassarius (Catilon) antiselli Anderson and Martin 1914
Nassarius (Catilon) arnoldi Anderson 1905
Nassarius (Catilon) churchi Hertlein 1928
Nassarius (Catilon) stocki Kanakoff 1956
Subg. Nassarius (Demondia) Addicott 1965
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Nassarius (Demondia) lincolnensis Anderson and Martin 1914
Subg. †Nassarius (Hima) Leach 1852
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Hima cooperi Forbes 1852
Hima insculpta Carpenter 1864
Hima mendica Gould 1849
Nassa (Hima) vicaryi d'Archiac 1850
Invalid names: Reticunassa Iredale 1936 [invalid subgroup]
Subg. Nassarius (Hinia) Gray 1847
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Subg. Nassarius (Niotha) Adams and Adams 1853
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Invalid names: Nassarius (Niotha) gemmulatus Lamarck 1822 [synonym]
Subg. Nassarius (Plicarcularia) Thele 1929
Subg. Nassarius (Schizopyga) Conrad 1856
Subg. Nassarius (Tritiaria) Conrad 1865
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Phos hilli jacksonensis Johnson 1899
Tritiaria chira Olsson 1931
Tritiaria ecuadoriana Pilsbry and Olsson 1941
Tritiaria hilli Harris 1895
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Phos hilli jcksonensis Johnson 1899
Phos hilli magnocostatus Johnson 1899
Tritiaria jacksonensis Johnson 1899
Tritiaria magnooostatus Johnson 1899
Tritiaria terebratula Olsson 1928
Tritiaria vicksburgensis Aldrich 1915
Tritiaria waynensis Mansfield 1940
Subg. Nassarius (Uzita) Adams and Adams 1853
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Nassarius (Uzita) cinclis Gardner 1944
Nassarius (Uzita) praeambiguus Brown and Pilsbry 1913
Nassarius (Uzita) terryi Olsson 1942
Uzita bidentata Emmons 1858
Uzita neogenensis Gardner and Aldrich 1919
Uzita smithiana Olsson 1916
Subg. Nassarius (Zeuxis) Adams and Adams 1853
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Nassa (Zeuxix) cautleyi d'Archiac and Haime 1854
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Invalid names: Nassarius (Amyclina) dimorphus Cossmann 1903 [synonym]
Nassarius albescens Dunker 1846
Nassarius antillarum d'Orbigny 1847
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Invalid names: Nassarius albus Say 1826 [replaced]
Nassarius bellulus Adams 1852
Nassarius burchardi Dunker 1849
Nassarius cabrierensis Fischer and Tournouer 1873
Nassarius chowanensis Gardner 1943
Nassarius coronatus Bruguière 1789
Nassarius crematus Hinds 1844
Nassarius dorsatus Röding 1798
Nassarius gayi Kiener 1835
Nassarius gigantulus Bonelli in Michelotti 1840
Nassarius glans Röding 1798
Nassarius granulatus Sowerby 1815
Nassarius hylus Olsson 1964
Nassarius incrassatus Müller 1773
Nassarius janschloegli Harzhauser et al. 2011
Nassarius karinae Wienrich 2001
Nassarius kochianus Dunker 1846
Nassarius luridus Gould 1850
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Invalid names: Nassa angulicostis Pilsbry and Lowe 1932 [synonym]
Nassarius pagodus Reeve 1844
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Invalid names: Nassa canescens Adams 1852 [synonym]
Nassarius papillosus Linnaeus 1758
Nassarius pauperus Gould 1850
Nassarius persicus Cox 1936
Nassarius prysmaticus Brocchi 1814
Nassarius pullus Linnaeus 1758
Nassarius pygmaeus Lamarck 1822
Nassarius reductus Vermeij and Wesselingh 2002
Nassarius repititi Olsson 1964
Nassarius salina Olsson 1928
Nassarius schizopyga Dall 1892
Nassarius scopularcus Barnard 1959
Nassarius sopora Pilsbry and Harbison 1933
Nassarius splendidulus Dunker 1846
Nassarius taeniolatus Philippi 1845
Nassarius thielei Olsson 1964
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Invalid names: Alectrion brassica Maury 1925 [synonym], Alectrion brassoensis Mansfield 1925 [synonym]
Nassarius trivittatoides Whitfield 1894
Nassarius vibex Say 1822
G. †Neoteron Pilsbry and Lowe 1932
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Neoteron ariel Pilsbry and Lowe 1932
Neoteron emilyvokesae Landau and Marques da Silva 2010
G. Sphaeronassa Locard 1886
G. †Trajana Gardner 1948
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Subg. †Trajana (Nerva) Vokes 1969
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Subg. Trajana (Trajana) Gardner 1948
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Trajana (Trajana) acapulcana Pilsbry and Lowe 1932
Trajana (Trajana) wheeleri Pilsbry and Olsson 1941
Trajana pyta Gardner 1948
G. Pallacera Woodring 1964
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Pallacera chipolanus Dall 1896
Pallacera costatus Gabb 1873
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Invalid names: Phos pedanus Gardner 1944 [synonym]
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Invalid names: Phos fasciolatus Dall 1896 [synonym]
Pallacera solidula Guppy 1866
Pallacera tribakus Gardner 1944
G. Phrontis Adams and Adams 1853
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Nassarius (Phrontis) ocoyanus Anderson and Martin 1914
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Invalid names: Nassa blakei Anderson and Martin 1914 [synonym]
Nassarius (Phrontis) smooti Addicott 1965
Phrontis tegula Reeve 1853
G. Profundinassa Thiele 1929
G. †Pseudostrombus Mörch 1852
G. †Psilarius Woodring 1964
G. †Sudonassarius Stilwell and Zinsmeister 1992
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Sudonassarius antarctohimaleos Stilwell and Zinsmeister 1992
G. †Tritia Risso 1826
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Tritia agatensis Bellardi 1882
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Invalid names: Nassa cocchii Trentanove 1911 [synonym], Nassa dujardini Michelotti 1847 [synonym], Nassa pulchra Bellardi 1882 [synonym], Nassa saccoi Trentanove 1911 [synonym]
Tritia coloratus Eichwald 1830
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Invalid names: Buccinum dujardini Manzoni 1869 [synonym], Nassa manzonii Trentanove 1911 [synonym], Nassarius coloratus Harzhauser and Kowalke 2004 [synonym]
Invalid names: Dorsaninae Cossmann 1901 [empty]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: aragonitec
Locomotion: slow-movingf
Life habit: low-level epifaunalf
Diet: carnivoref
Vision: limitedc
Comments: ECOSPACE CODE: 325. LIFE HISTORY: Predatory carnivore according to Todd (2001).f
Created: 2009-09-10 08:23:08
Modified: 2009-10-11 13:50:24
Source: f = family, c = class
References: Kiessling 2004, Hendy et al. 2009

Age range

Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Anisian to the top of the Holocene or 247.20000 to 0.00000 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 242.0 Ma

Collections (1636 total)

Oldest occurrences

Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Anisian247.2 - 242.0Germany (Baden-Württemberg) Loxonema hehlii (206384)
Carnian237.0 - 228.0Hungary (Bakony) Fusus nodosocarinatus (203197)
Julian235.0 - 232.0Italy Fusus nodosocarinatus (69660 137429 144631 144634) Pleurotomaria marginenodosa (145649)
Early/Lower Valanginian140.2 - 136.4Switzerland Fusus valangiensis (2225)
Valanginian139.8 - 132.9Switzerland Fusus valangiensis (2247)
Valanginian139.8 - 132.9France Fusus villersensis (2222)
Early/Lower Aptian125.45 - 122.46Switzerland Fusus valdensis (2175)
Albian113.0 - 100.5Switzerland Fusus dupinianus, Fusus clementina (2167) Fusus vraconnensis (2237)
Late/Upper Albian105.3 - 99.6Mozambique Fusus requienianus (174805)
Turonian93.9 - 89.8USA (Minnesota) Fusus shumardi (1987)
Late/Upper Turonian93.5 - 89.3Brazil (Sergipe) Fusus sp. (143534)
Late/Upper Turonian93.5 - 89.3Brazil Fusus sp. (140890)
Middle Turonian93.5 - 89.3USA (Arizona) Fusus venenatus (53504)
Coniacian89.8 - 86.3Cameroon Fusus climacodes (177976 209692) Fusus cylindricus (209693)
Early/Lower Coniacian89.3 - 85.8Brazil Fusus sp. (140901)
Middle Coniacian89.3 - 85.8USA (Wyoming) Fusus sp. (87773)
Santonian86.3 - 83.6USA (Wyoming) Fusus sp. (87776)
Early/Lower Santonian85.8 - 83.5Poland Fusus coronatus (179488)
Late/Upper Campanian83.5 - 70.6USA (Tennessee) Fusus mcnairyensis (88357)
Maastrichtian72.1 - 66.0USA (Tennessee) Fusus sp. (205445)