Fusinus markleyensis Clark 1938 (snail)

Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Fasciolariidae

Full reference: B. L. Clark. 1938. Fauna from the Markley Formation (Upper Eocene) on Pleasant Creek, California . Bulletin of the Geological Society of America 49:683-730

Belongs to Fusinus according to B. L. Clark 1938

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 meganosensis, 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 30871, a shell. Its type locality is UCMP A1298, which is in an Eocene marine sandstone in the Markley Formation of California.

Ecology: epifaunal carnivore

Distribution: found only at UCMP A1298

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