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Protofusus peruvianus

Gastropoda - Purpurinidae

Taxonomy
Protofusus peruvianus was named by Haas (1953). It is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Tilacnioc, loc. 48, which is in a Rhaetian marine limestone in Peru.

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
P. pyramidali

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1953Protofusus peruvianus Haas p. 213 figs. Pl 14, figs 1-8,10-12,16,19,20

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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)
superfamilyLittorinoidea(Gray 1840)
familyPurpurinidaeZittel 1895
genusProtofususBonarelli 1921
speciesperuvianus

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.

†Protofusus peruvianus Haas 1953
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
partNmeanminimummaximummedians.d.
shell height293.051.3410.92.902.12

Composition: aragonitec
Locomotion: actively mobilesuperf
Life habit: epifaunalsuperf
Diet: grazersuperf
Vision: limitedc
Created: 2009-09-10 07:51:34
Modified: 2009-09-10 09:51:34
Source: superf = superfamily, c = class
References: Kiessling 2004, Hendy et al. 2009

Age range: Rhaetian or 208.50000 to 201.30000 Ma

Collections (3 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Rhaetian208.5 - 201.3Peru Protofusus peruvianus (type locality: 68116 68119 68148)