Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Fasciolariidae
Alternative spellings: Fusinus (Priscofusus), Fusus (Priscofusus)
Parent taxon: Fusininae according to M. A. Snyder 2003
See also Addicott 1970, Arnold 1908, Clark and Arnold 1923, Dickerson 1913, Durham 1944, Moore 1976, Moore 1984, Oleinik and Marincovich 2003 and Sepkoski 2002
Sister taxa: Africolithes, Anomalofusus, Aptyxis, Araiofusus, Buccinofusus, Clavilithes, Cyrtulus, Falsicolus, Falsifusus, Fredenia, Fusinus, Glaphyrina, Granulifusus, Harasewychia, Heilprinia, Hesperaptyxis, Lamarckofusus, Lepidocolus, Ollaphon, Perrilliata, Profusinus, Pseudoaptyxis, Pullincola, Remera, Solutofusus, Streptochetus, Streptodictyon, Taioma, Tectifusus, Trophonofusus
Subtaxa: Fusinus (Priscofusus) hannibali Fusinus (Priscofusus) hecoxi Fusinus (Priscofusus) lineatus Fusus (Priscofusus) stanfordensis Priscofusus chehalisensis Priscofusus coli Priscofusus foxi Priscofusus geniculus Priscofusus goweri Priscofusus medialis Priscofusus slipensis Priscofusus stewarti
Ecology: epifaunal carnivore
Distribution:
• Miocene of United States (20: Alaska, California, Oregon, Washington collections)
• Oligocene of Canada (4: British Columbia), Japan (1), United States (26: California, Oregon, Washington)
• Eocene of United States (5: California, Oregon, Washington)
Total: 56 collections including 68 occurrences
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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