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Priscofusus

Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Fasciolariidae

Taxonomy

Priscofusus was named by Conrad (1865) [Sepkoski's age data: T Than T Plio].

It was reranked as Fusus (Priscofusus) by Arnold (1908); it was reranked as Fusinus (Priscofusus) by Dickerson (1913), Clark and Arnold (1923), Oleinik and Marincovich (2003).

It was assigned to Fusus by Arnold (1908); to Turridae by Grant, IV and Gale (1931), Durham (1944); to Fusinidae by Addicott (1970), Moore (1976), Moore (1984); to Neogastropoda by Sepkoski (2002); to Fusinus by Dickerson (1913), Clark and Arnold (1923), Oleinik and Marincovich (2003); and to Fusininae by Snyder (2003).

Species

Fusinus (Priscofusus) hannibali, Fusinus (Priscofusus) hecoxi (syn. Drillia chehalisensis), Fusinus (Priscofusus) sanctaecrucis, Fusus (Priscofusus) stanfordensis, P. cammani, P. coli, P. coosensis (syn. Turris coli), P. foxi, P. geniculus, P. goweri, P. medialis (syn. Turris lincolnensis), P. slipensis, P. stewarti

Species lacking formal opinion data

P. clarki

Synonymy list

Year	Name and author
1865	Priscofusus Conrad p. 150
1908	Fusus (Priscofusus) Arnold p. 383
1913	Fusinus (Priscofusus) Dickerson p. 281
1923	Fusinus (Priscofusus) Clark and Arnold p. 158
1931	Priscofusus Grant, IV and Gale p. 491
1944	Priscofusus Durham p. 186
1970	Priscofusus Addicott p. 101
1976	Priscofusus Moore p. 36
1984	Priscofusus Moore p. 16
2002	Priscofusus Sepkoski
2003	Fusinus (Priscofusus) Oleinik and Marincovich Jr p. 41
2003	Priscofusus Snyder p. 20

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Rank	Name	Author
kingdom	Animalia	()
—	Bilateria
—	Eubilateria	Ax 1987
—	Protostomia
—	Spiralia
superphylum	Lophotrochozoa
phylum	Mollusca
class	Gastropoda
subclass	Caenogastropoda	(Cox 1959)

Rank	Name	Author
—	Sorbeoconcha	(Ponder and Lindberg 1997)
—	Hypsogastropoda	(Ponder and Lindberg 1997)
superorder	Latrogastropoda	Riedel 2000
order	Neogastropoda	Thiele 1929
superfamily	Buccinoidea	(Rafinesque 1815)
family	Fasciolariidae	Gray 1853
subfamily	Fusininae	Swainson 1840
genus	Priscofusus	Conrad 1865

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. †Priscofusus Conrad 1865

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†Fusinus (Priscofusus) hannibali Clark and Arnold 1923

†Fusinus (Priscofusus) hecoxi Arnold 1908

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†Priscofusus chehalisensis weaveri Clark and Anderson 1938

Invalid names: Drillia chehalisensis Weaver 1912 [synonym]

†Fusinus (Priscofusus) sanctaecrucis Arnold 1908

†Fusus (Priscofusus) stanfordensis Arnold 1908

Priscofusus cammani Dall 1909

†Priscofusus coli Dall 1909

†Priscofusus coosensis Dall 1909

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Invalid names: Turris coli Dall 1909 [synonym]

†Priscofusus foxi Durham 1944

†Priscofusus geniculus Conrad 1849

†Priscofusus goweri Addicott 1976

†Priscofusus medialis Conrad 1849

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Invalid names: Turris lincolnensis Anderson and Martin 1914 [synonym]

†Priscofusus slipensis Addicott 1976

†Priscofusus stewarti Tegland 1933

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 08:21:16

Modified:

2009-09-10 10:21:16

Source: f = family, c = class

References: Hendy et al. 2009, Kiessling 2004

Age range

Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Bartonian to the top of the Early/Lower Pliocene or 41.03000 to 3.60000 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 37.71 Ma

Collections (56 total)

Time interval	Ma	Country or state	Original ID and collection number
Bartonian	41.03 - 37.71	USA (Washington)	Fusinus sp. (52207)
Priabonian	37.71 - 33.9	USA (Washington)	P. willisi (202067)
Priabonian	37.71 - 33.9	USA (California)	P. chehalisensis (205787)
Priabonian	37.71 - 33.9	USA (Oregon)	P. sp. (39000)
Early/Lower Oligocene	33.9 - 27.3	USA (California)	Fusinus hecoxi (71197)
Rupelian	33.9 - 27.3	USA (Oregon)	P. stewarti (37697 37818)
Rupelian	33.9 - 27.3	USA (Washington)	P. stewarti, P. hannibali (205215)
Oligocene	33.9 - 23.04	USA (Washington)	P. hannibali (208168 208169) P. sp. A (208146)
Chattian	27.3 - 23.04	USA (Washington)	Fusinus chehalisensis (52380) Fusinus stewarti (52356) Fusinus stewarti, Fusinus chehalisensis, Fusinus sanctaecrucis (52362) P. geniculus (91623) P. goweri (37577 37586 37592) P. hannibali (180405 208172 208173 208175 208176) P. slipensis (37584) P. sp. B (91614) P. stewarti (208346) P. stewarti, P. hannibali (91615 208161)
Chattian	27.3 - 23.04	USA (Oregon)	P. stewarti (37691)
Chattian	27.3 - 23.04	Canada (British Columbia)	Fusinus hannibali (63087 203538 206863) P. hannibali (206743)
Late/Upper Oligocene	27.3 - 23.04	Japan	P. ishijimai (70600)
Late/Upper Oligocene	27.3 - 23.04	USA (California)	Fusinus hecoxi (122273)
Aquitanian	23.04 - 20.45	USA (Washington)	P. goweri, P. stewarti, P. geniculus (37560)
Early/Lower Miocene	23.04 - 15.98	USA (California)	P. geniculus (196138) P. lincolnensis (167645)
Early/Lower Miocene - Middle Miocene	23.04 - 11.63	USA (California)	P. medialis (38028)
Early/Lower Miocene - Middle Miocene	23.04 - 11.63	USA (Alaska)	P. clarki (37652 37660 37661) P. stewarti (37657)
Burdigalian	20.45 - 15.98	USA (Oregon)	P. sp., P. medialis, P. coli (39805)
Burdigalian - Langhian	20.45 - 13.82	USA (Oregon)	P. geniculus (39596)
Langhian	15.98 - 13.82	USA (Oregon)	P. geniculus (39601 39798) P. geniculus, P. medialis (39606 39700 39799) P. medialis (39600 39703) P. medialus (39602) P. sp. (201690)
Middle Miocene	15.98 - 11.63	USA (Oregon)	P. geniculus (39701)
Early/Lower Pliocene	5.333 - 3.6	USA (Oregon)	Turris coli (71152)