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Fulgerca attenuata

Gastropoda - Neogastropoda

Taxonomy
Pseudoliva attenuata was named by Wade (1926) [m. kosnik taxon no: 6988]. Its type locality is Dave Weeks place, Coon Creek, which is in a Campanian coastal sandstone in the Ripley Formation of Tennessee.

It was recombined as Fulgerca attenuata by Stephenson (1941) and Stephenson (1941).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1926Pseudoliva attenuata Wade
1941Fulgerca attenuata Stephenson

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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
orderNeogastropodaThiele 1929
superfamilyMuricoideade Costa 1776
genusFulgercaStephenson 1941
speciesattenuata(Wade 1926)

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.

Fulgerca attenuata Wade 1926
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: aragonitec
Locomotion: actively mobilesuperf
Life habit: epifaunalsuperf
Diet: carnivoresuperf
Vision: limitedc
Created: 2009-09-10 08:26:18
Modified: 2009-09-10 10:26:18
Source: superf = superfamily, c = class
References: Kiessling 2004, Hendy et al. 2009

Age range: base of the Maastrichtian to the top of the Late/Upper Maastrichtian or 72.10000 to 66.00000 Ma

Collections (25 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Cretaceous100.5 - 66.0USA (Texas) Fulgerca attenuata (225659)
Late/Upper Campanian83.5 - 70.6USA (Tennessee) Pseudoliva attenuata (type locality: 88357)
Late/Upper Campanian - Early/Lower Maastrichtian83.5 - 66.0USA (Tennessee) Fulgerca attenuata (7515)
Maastrichtian72.1 - 66.0USA (Texas) Fulgerca attenuata (4604 205541)
Maastrichtian72.1 - 66.0USA (Tennessee) Fulgerca attenuata (205445)
Early/Lower Maastrichtian70.6 - 66.0USA (Mississippi) Fulgerca attenuata (7476 7586 7590 7591 7592 7593)
Early/Lower Maastrichtian70.6 - 66.0USA (Georgia) Fulgerca attenuata (4265 4267 4268 4277 4282)
Late/Upper Maastrichtian70.6 - 66.0USA (Alabama) Fulgerca attenuata (4237)
Late/Upper Maastrichtian70.6 - 66.0USA (Texas) Fulgerca attenuata (4427 4435 4445 4447 4454)
Late/Upper Maastrichtian70.6 - 66.0USA (Maryland) Fulgerca attenuata (4368 4369)