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Fusinus henekeni

Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Fasciolariidae

Taxonomy
Fusus henekeni was named by Sowerby (1850) [DISTRIBUTION: Late Miocene; Caribbean.]. It is not a trace fossil.

It was recombined as Fusinus henikeri by Rutsch (1934); it was recombined as Fusinus henekeni by Woodring (1928), Anderson (1929), Snyder (2003), Landau and Marques da Silva (2010).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1850Fusus henekeni Sowerby p. 49
1850Fusus henekeni Sowerby II p. 49
1917Fusus henekeni Maury p. 78
1928Fusinus henekeni Woodring p. 257
1929Fusinus henekeni Anderson p. 132
1934Fusinus henikeri Rutsch
2003Fusinus henekeni Snyder p. 265
2010Fusinus henekeni Landau and Marques da Silva p. 79

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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)
familyFasciolariidaeGray 1853
subfamilyFusininaeSwainson 1840
genusFusinusRafinesque 1815
specieshenekeni(Sowerby 1850)

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.

†Fusinus henekeni Sowerby II 1850
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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 08:21:16
Modified: 2009-09-10 10:21:16
Source: f = family, c = class
References: Kiessling 2004, Hendy et al. 2009

Age range: base of the Langhian to the top of the Early/Lower Pliocene or 15.97000 to 3.60000 Ma

Collections (69 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Early/Lower Oligocene - Middle Miocene33.9 - 11.608Haiti Fusus henekeni (173459)
Langhian15.97 - 13.82Dominican Republic Fusinus henekeni (74958)
Tortonian11.62 - 7.246Dominican Republic Fusinus henekeni (74912 74934 84953 93644 99852 131367 131369 131370 131377 131378 131379 131380 131382 131468 131667) Fusus henekeni (58817)
Late/Upper Miocene11.608 - 5.333Dominican Republic Fusinus henekeni (74915 74957) Fusinus henekeni, Fusinus haitensis (74914) Fusus henekeni (58867 58869)
Messinian7.246 - 5.333Dominican Republic Fusinus henekeni (75041 75042 84952 84960 84974 84982 84986 93716 93717 93732 93996 94000 94006 94104 131374 131387 131494 131563 131568 131569 131645 131658 131659 131660 131661 131675 131677)
Messinian - Zanclean7.246 - 3.6Dominican Republic Fusinus haitensis (75036 75040) Fusinus haitensis, Fusinus veatchi (75038) Fusinus henekeni (74911 74966 74967 75037 75043) Fusinus henekeni, Fusinus haitensis (75039) Fusinus henekeni, Fusinus veatchi (74971)
Early/Lower Pliocene5.333 - 3.6Dominican Republic Fusus henekeni (58815 58818 58819 58821)
Early/Lower Pliocene5.333 - 3.6Colombia Fusinus henekeni (88298)
Zanclean5.333 - 3.6Dominican Republic Fusinus haitensis (74965) Fusinus henekeni (93733 131665) Fusinus henekeni, Fusinus haitensis (74968)