Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Fasciolariidae
Full reference: B. L. Clark and A. O. Woodford. 1927. The geology and paleontology of the type section of the Meganos Formation (lower Middle Eocene) of California. University of California Publications in Geological Sciences 17(2):63-142
Belongs to Fusinus according to B. L. Clark and A. O. Woodford 1927
Sister taxa: Fusinus (Fusinus), Fusinus (Gracilipurpura), Fusinus alaquaensis, Fusinus bocarepertus, Fusinus bocaserpentis, Fusinus caboblanquensis, Fusinus closter, Fusinus colubri, Fusinus colus, Fusinus dictyotis, Fusinus dilectus, Fusinus dilleri, Fusinus dupetitthouarsi, Fusinus empireensis, Fusinus empleus, Fusinus engonius, Fusinus exilis, Fusinus fabulator, Fusinus henekeni, Fusinus henicus, Fusinus hoffmani, Fusinus honensis, Fusinus longiusculoides, Fusinus macnairyensis, Fusinus magdalenensis, Fusinus markleyensis, Fusinus meredithae, Fusinus merriami, Fusinus meunieri, Fusinus mohrioides, Fusinus patagoniensis, Fusinus pinolianus, Fusinus quilonicus, Fusinus sculptilis, Fusinus sewalliana, Fusinus simiensis, Fusinus simulans, Fusinus sirenideditus, Fusinus springvalensis, Fusinus taeniensis, Fusinus teglandae, Fusinus trentensis, Fusinus ucalius, Fusinus unicarinatus, Fusinus voetus, Fusinus vonderschmidti
Type specimen: UCMP 31243, a shell. Its type locality is UCMP loc. 3150, north of Mount Diablo, which is in a Ypresian coastal sandstone in the Meganos Formation of California.
Ecology: epifaunal carnivore
Distribution: found only at UCMP loc. 3150, north of Mount Diablo
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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