Buccinofusus Conrad 1868 (snail)

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

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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

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