Fusus mississippiensis Conrad 1848 (snail)

Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Nassariidae

Full reference: T. A. Conrad. 1848. Observations on the Eocene formations, and descriptions of one hundred and five new fossils from that period, from the vicinity of Vicksburg, Mississippi; with an appendix. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia 3:280-299

Belongs to Fusus according to T. A. Conrad 1848

Sister taxa: Fusus (Butonius), Fusus abbreviatus, Fusus aciculatus, Fusus aequilateralis, Fusus aigneri, Fusus alligatus, Fusus angulatus, Fusus antiquus, Fusus apicalis, Fusus aratus, Fusus argutus, Fusus asperulus, Fusus biplicatus, Fusus buddhaicus, Fusus bullata, Fusus citharellus, Fusus clavellatus, Fusus climacodes, Fusus cochleatus, Fusus conus, Fusus coronatus, Fusus crassus, Fusus cuvirostris, Fusus cylindricus, Fusus drepanophorus, Fusus dumblei, Fusus dumetosus, Fusus exactus, Fusus excisus, Fusus faxensis, Fusus ficulacus, Fusus filiformis, Fusus flexuosus, Fusus funiculatus, Fusus funiculosus, Fusus gippslandicus, Fusus hehlii, Fusus heptagonus, Fusus hordeolus, Fusus houstonensis, Fusus humei, Fusus insectoides, Fusus intortus, Fusus javanus, Fusus laevigatus, Fusus laufensis, Fusus lewisensis, Fusus longaevus, Fusus ludovicianus, Fusus marginatus, Fusus marnochi, Fusus mexicanus, Fusus minor, Fusus minutus, Fusus miocosmius, Fusus montesanoensis, Fusus mortoni, Fusus nodosocarinatus, Fusus nodulosus, Fusus obscurus, Fusus pearlensis, Fusus perobliquus, Fusus plicatus, Fusus porrectus, Fusus promensis, Fusus roncanus, Fusus rudis, Fusus rugosus, Fusus sanctaecrucis, Fusus scalaroides, Fusus senonensis, Fusus sentocosus, Fusus spiniferus, Fusus striatulus, Fusus subcancellatus, Fusus subulatus, Fusus supraplanus, Fusus terebralis, Fusus tholoides, Fusus torosus, Fusus truncatulus, Fusus tumidus, Fusus uniplicatus, Fusus variabilis, Fusus vicksburgensis, Fusus warlii, Fusus washingtoniana, Fusus willisi

Type specimen: Its type locality is Vicksburg, which is in a Rupelian marine marl in the Byram Marl Formation of Mississippi

Ecology: slow-moving low-level epifaunal carnivore

Distribution: found only at Vicksburg

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