Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Fasciolariidae
Alternative spelling: Fusus (Buccinofusus)
Parent taxon: Fusininae according to L. W. Ward 1992
See also Abbass 1967, Arnold 1908, Martin 1904, Petuch 1988, Sepkoski 2002 and Turner 1938
Sister taxa: Africolithes, Anomalofusus, Aptyxis, Araiofusus, Clavilithes, Cyrtulus, Falsicolus, Falsifusus, Fredenia, Fusinus, Glaphyrina, Granulifusus, Harasewychia, Heilprinia, Hesperaptyxis, Lamarckofusus, Lepidocolus, Ollaphon, Perrilliata, Priscofusus, Profusinus, Pseudoaptyxis, Pullincola, Remera, Solutofusus, Streptochetus, Streptodictyon, Taioma, Tectifusus, Trophonofusus
Subtaxa: Buccinofusus ageri Buccinofusus chesapeakensis Buccinofusus costiferum Buccinofusus diegoensis Buccinofusus nodifer Buccinofusus parilis
Type: Tritonium diegoensis
Ecology: epifaunal carnivore
Distribution:
• Quaternary of the United Kingdom (1 collection)
• Pliocene of the United Kingdom (3)
• Miocene of Indonesia (2), United States (8: Maryland, Virginia)
• Eocene of Egypt (1), United States (1: Oregon)
• Paleocene of Colombia (2), Greenland (2)
Total: 20 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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