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Fusimitra

Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Mitridae

Taxonomy
Fusimitra was named by Conrad (1855) [Sepkoski's age data: T Dani T Ol-l Sepkoski's reference number: 123,814].

It was reranked as Mitra (Fusimitra) by Conrad (1856) and MacNeil (1960).

It was assigned to Mitra by Conrad (1856) and MacNeil (1960); to Mitridae by Harris and Palmer (1947) and Todd (2001); to Neogastropoda by Sepkoski (2002); and to Mitrinae by Landau and Marques da Silva (2010).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1855Fusimitra Conrad
1856Mitra (Fusimitra) Conrad p. 261
1947Fusimitra Harris and Palmer p. 398
1960Mitra (Fusimitra) MacNeil p. 95
2001Fusimitra Todd
2002Fusimitra Sepkoski
2010Fusimitra Landau and Marques da Silva p. 89

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classGastropoda
subclassCaenogastropoda(Cox 1959)
RankNameAuthor
—Sorbeoconcha(Ponder and Lindberg 1997)
—Hypsogastropoda(Ponder and Lindberg 1997)
superorderLatrogastropodaRiedel 2000
orderNeogastropodaThiele 1929
superfamilyMitroideaSwainson 1831
familyMitridaeSwainson 1831
subfamilyMitrinaeSwainson 1831
genusFusimitraConrad 1855

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

G. †Fusimitra Conrad 1855
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†Fusimitra conquisita Conrad 1848
†Fusimitra limonensis Olsson 1922
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Invalid names: Mitra (Tiara) woodringi Vokes 1938 [synonym]
Fusimitra swainsoni Broderip 1836
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: aragonitec
Locomotion: actively mobilef
Life habit: epifaunalf
Diet: carnivoref
Vision: limitedc
Created: 2009-09-10 08:22:13
Modified: 2009-09-10 10:22:13
Source: f = family, c = class
References: Hendy et al. 2009, Kiessling 2004

Age range

Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Danian to the top of the Late/Upper Pliocene or 66.00000 to 2.58800 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 61.6 Ma

Collections (98 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Danian66.0 - 61.6France F. glabra, F. subglabra (20816)
Danian66.0 - 61.6Belgium Mitra wateleti (22931)
Selandian61.6 - 59.2Denmark F. aequicostata (35266) F. densistria (35263)
Thanetian59.2 - 56.0Poland F. wateleti (27019)
Ypresian - Lutetian56.0 - 41.3USA (Alabama) F. polita (83802)
Lutetian47.8 - 41.3USA (Texas) F. perexilis (205527) F. sp. (205454 205539) Mitra adamsi, Mitra polita (90455) Mitra perexilis (90651) Mitra polita (99024)
Lutetian47.8 - 41.3USA (South Carolina) Mitra sp. (52348)
Lutetian47.8 - 41.3USA (Alabama) F. polita (1437 1438 1440 81224) Mitra polita (98354)
Lutetian - Bartonian47.8 - 38.0USA (Alabama) F. polita (205420 205490)
Bartonian41.3 - 38.0USA (Mississippi) F. millingtoni (3533 164232) Mitra millingtoni (90704 98466)
Bartonian41.3 - 38.0USA (North Carolina) F. sp. (5366) Mitra spp. (91736 91737)
Bartonian41.3 - 38.0USA (Texas) F. adamski, F. perexilis, F. polita (205485) F. perexilis (205461 205515) F. perexilis, F. polita (205410 205422) F. polita (2452 7437 7439 205264 205265 205266 205271 205414 205430 205433 205480 205484) F. polita, F. sp. (205481) F. sp. (205222 205425 205456) F. sp., F. polita (205267) Mitra millingtoni (91101) Mitra perexilis (90454)
Bartonian41.3 - 38.0USA (Louisiana) F. millingtoni (3534 205501) Mitra millingtoni (90305 90449 90630 92374 98676)
Bartonian41.3 - 38.0USA (South Carolina) Mitra perexilis (92308 92355)
Bartonian41.3 - 38.0USA (Arkansas) Mitra millingtoni (92042)
Bartonian41.3 - 38.0USA (Alabama) F. adamski, F. perexilis (205489) F. polita (2416 2418 2419 2420 2421 2422 6788) Mitra perexilis (90600)
Bartonian - Priabonian41.3 - 33.9USA (Arkansas) Mitra millingtoni (99171)
Bartonian - Priabonian41.3 - 33.9USA (Alabama) Mitra millingtoni (98364)
Priabonian38.0 - 33.9USA (South Carolina) F. sp. (5362)
Priabonian38.0 - 33.9USA (Louisiana) Mitra millingtoni (98689)
Late/Upper Eocene37.2 - 33.9New Zealand (Canterbury) Mitra hectori (45037 45041)
Late/Upper Eocene37.2 - 33.9USA (Mississippi) Mitra mellingtoni (208935)
Late/Upper Eocene37.2 - 33.9Mexico (Tamaulipas) Mitra millingtoni (43057)
Early/Lower Oligocene33.9 - 28.4Mexico (Nuevo Leon) Mitra conquista (43065 43069)
Early/Lower Oligocene33.9 - 28.4USA (Florida) F. conquista (80184)
Rupelian33.9 - 28.1USA (Mississippi) Mitra conquisita (5501 5612 5779 5787 5788 84137)
Late/Upper Oligocene28.4 - 23.03Mexico (Tamaulipas) Mitra conquisita (43089)
Burdigalian20.44 - 15.97Argentina (Río Negro) Mitra carlosi (179578)
Middle Miocene15.97 - 11.608Colombia (Atlantico) Mitra limonensis (60684)
Late/Upper Miocene11.608 - 5.333Trinidad and Tobago Mitra woodringi (81976)
Late/Upper Miocene11.608 - 5.333Japan Mitra loochooensis (42170)
Messinian7.246 - 5.333Panama (Bocas del Toro) Mitra sp. (135816)
Early/Lower Pliocene5.333 - 3.6Venezuela F. sanctifrancisci (96486)
Pliocene5.333 - 2.588Costa Rica Mitra swainsoni (134667)
Late/Upper Pliocene3.6 - 2.588Venezuela F. sanctifrancisci (111011) Mitra sanctifrancisci (79710)
Piacenzian - Gelasian3.6 - 1.806Ecuador (Manabi) Mitra swainsoni (51878)