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Columbellina fusiformis

Gastropoda - Colombellinidae

Taxonomy
Columbellina fusiformis was named by Douvillé (1916). It is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Gebel oum Raghaoui, which is in an Albian carbonate limestone in Egypt.

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1916Columbellina fusiformis Douvillé
2016Columbellina fusiformis Musavu Moussavou and Mougola p. 31 figs. Pl 2, fig 1

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classGastropoda
RankNameAuthor
subclassCaenogastropoda(Cox 1959)
Sorbeoconcha(Ponder and Lindberg 1997)
Hypsogastropoda(Ponder and Lindberg 1997)
superorderLatrogastropodaRiedel 2000
superfamilyStromboidea(Rafinesque 1815)
familyColombellinidaeFischer 1884
genusColumbellinad'Orbigny 1842
speciesfusiformis

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.

Columbellina fusiformis Douvillé 1916
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: aragonitec
Locomotion: actively mobilesuperf
Life habit: epifaunalsuperf
Diet: grazersuperf
Vision: limitedc
Created: 2009-09-10 07:58:44
Modified: 2009-09-10 09:58:44
Source: superf = superfamily, c = class
References: Kiessling 2004, Hendy et al. 2009

Age range: base of the Late/Upper Albian to the top of the Turonian or 105.30000 to 89.80000 Ma

Collections (11 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Albian113.0 - 100.5Egypt Columbellina fusiformis (type locality: 171274 171276 171299)
Late/Upper Albian105.3 - 99.6Egypt Columbellina fusiformis (98327 140606 140609 161579)
Late/Upper Albian - Cenomanian105.3 - 93.9Egypt Columbellina fusiformis (150737)
Early/Lower Cenomanian - Middle Cenomanian99.6 - 93.5Egypt Columbellina fusiformis (150675)
Turonian93.9 - 89.8Gabon Columbellina fusiformis (209495)
Early/Lower Turonian93.5 - 89.3Egypt Columbellina fusiformis (140588)