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Fusus (Hemifusus) cooperii

Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Melongenidae

Taxonomy
Fusus (Hemifusus) cooperii was named by Gabb (1864). Its type specimen is UCMP 11691 and is a 3D body fossil.

It was recombined as Ficopsis cooperii by Gabb (1864), Gabb (1869), Dickerson (1915) and Dickerson (1916); it was replaced with Ficopsis cooperiana by Stewart (1927) and Squires (1984).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1864Ficopsis cooperii Gabb p. 86
1864Fusus (Hemifusus) cooperii Gabb p. 86 figs. pl. 28, fig. 207
1869Ficopsis cooperii Gabb p. 159
1915Ficopsis cooperii Dickerson p. 61 figs. Plate 6, figures 8, 9, 10, 11, 12
1916Ficopsis cooperii Dickerson p. 493 figs. Plate 37, figure 7

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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
superfamilyBuccinoidea(Rafinesque 1815)
familyMelongenidaeGill 1867
genusFususRöding 1798
subgenusHemifusus(Swainson 1840)
speciescooperii

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.

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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 08:20:52
Modified: 2009-09-10 10:20:52
Source: f = family, c = class
References: Hendy et al. 2009, Kiessling 2004

Age range: Lutetian or 47.80000 to 41.30000 Ma

Collections (10 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Lutetian47.8 - 41.3USA (California) Ficopsis cooperiana (8012 94821 200714 200716 200722 200724 200725 200745 200750 200752)