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Source Data

Source	ID	Link
Global Biodiversity Information Facility ID (GBIF)	4600870	https://www.gbif.org/species/4600870
PaleoBioDB ID (PBDB)	11268	https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=11268

Rank

genus

Taxonomy (GBIF)

Life : Animalia : Mollusca : Gastropoda : Neogastropoda : Echinofulguridae : Levifusus

Taxonomy (PBDB)

Life : Animalia : Mollusca : Gastropoda : Neogastropoda : Melongenidae : Levifusus

Taxonomic Status (GBIF)

accepted

Classification
(PBDB,GBIF)

Rank	Name	Author
-	Eukaryota
-	Opisthokonta	Cavalier-Smith 1987
kingdom	Animalia
-	Bilateria
-	Eubilateria	Ax 1987
-	Protostomia	Grobben 1908
-	Spiralia
superphylum	Lophotrochozoa
phylum	Mollusca	Linnaeus 1758
class	Gastropoda	Cuvier 1797
subclass	Prosobranchia	Milne-Edwards 1848
superorder	Caenogastropoda	Cox 1959
order	Neogastropoda	Thiele 1929
superfamily	Buccinoidea	(Rafinesque 1815)
family	Melongenidae	Gill 1867
genus	Levifusus	Conrad 1865

Scientific Name

Levifusus Conrad, 1865

Name Published In

Amer. J. Conch., 1

Opinions (PBDB)

Name	Rank	Opinion	Evidence	Author
Levifusus	subgenus	belongs to Fusus	stated without evidence	Clark, 1895
Levifusus	subgenus	belongs to Fusinus	stated without evidence	Nelson, 1925
Levifusus	genus	belongs to Fasciolariidae	stated without evidence	Palmer and Brann, 1966
Levifusus	genus	belongs to Melongenidae	stated with evidence	Gliozzi and Malatesta, 1983
Levifusus	genus	belongs to Neogastropoda	second hand	Sepkoski, 2002
Levifusus	genus	belongs to Melongeniinae	stated with evidence	Stilwell et al., 2004
Levifusus	genus	belongs to Melongenidae	stated with evidence	Perrilliat et al., 2006

Status (PBDB)

extinct

Taxon Size (PBDB)

First Recorded Appearance

72.1 - 66.0 Ma
Late/Upper Cretaceous

Last Recorded Appearance

33.9 - 28.1 Ma
Oligocene

Motility

actively mobile (based on Melongenidae)

Vision

limited (based on Gastropoda)

Diet

carnivore (based on Melongenidae)

Taphonomy

aragonite (based on Gastropoda)

Primary Reference (PBDB)

J. J. Sepkoski, Jr. 2002. A compendium of fossil marine animal genera. Bulletins of American Paleontology 363:1-560

Fossil Distribution

Subtaxa

Name	Status	Common Name(s)	Fossil Occurrences	Oldest	Youngest
Fusinus (Levifusus) calabasasensis ✝ species	listed (PBDB)
Fusinus (Levifusus) waringi ✝ species	listed (PBDB)
Fusus (Levifusus) trabeatus ✝ species	listed (PBDB)		12	66.0 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous	41.3 Ma Eocene
Fusus pagodiformis species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Fusus trabeatus species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Levifusus acutocarinata species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Levifusus alveata species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Levifusus angelicus ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		1	56.0 Ma Paleocene	56.0 Ma Paleocene
Levifusus branneri species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Levifusus lithae species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Levifusus maputi ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)
Levifusus moodianus species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Levifusus mortoni ✝ species	listed (PBDB)
Levifusus mortonii ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		14	47.8 Ma Eocene	41.3 Ma Eocene
Levifusus mortonopsis ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		65	61.7 Ma Paleocene	41.3 Ma Eocene
Levifusus pagodiformis ✝ species	listed (PBDB)		26	66.0 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous	41.3 Ma Eocene
Levifusus suteri species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Levifusus tormentarius species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Levifusus trabeatoides species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Levifusus trabeatus species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Levifusus woolfei ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		8	66.0 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous	66.0 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous

Synonymy List

Year	Name and Author
1865	Levifusus Conrad
1895	Fusus (Levifusus) Clark p. 4
1925	Fusinus (Levifusus) Nelson p. 429
1966	Levifusus Palmer and Brann p. 730
1983	Levifusus Gliozzi and Malatesta p. 105
2002	Levifusus Sepkoski, Jr.
2004	Levifusus Stilwell et al. p. 40
2006	Levifusus Perrilliat et al. p. 163

References

Sepkoski, Jr. J. J. (2002) A compendium of fossil marine animal genera, Bulletins of American Paleontology 363, 1-560

Clark W. B. Contributions to the Eocene fauna of the Middle Atlantic slope, Johns Hopkins University Circulars 15 121, 3-6

Nelson R. N. (1925) A contribution to the paleontology of the Martinez Eocene of California, University of California Publications in Geological Sciences 15 11, 397-466

Palmer K. V., Brann D. C. (1966) Catalogue of the Paleocene and Eocene Mollusks of the Southern and Eastern United States Part II. Gastropoda, Bulletins of American Paleontology 48, 471-1057

Gliozzi E., Malatesta A. (1983) I molluschi del Paleocene di Baixa Chinhauanine nel bacino del Rio Massintonto (Maputo - Mozambico), Geologica Romana 22, 85-145

Stilwell J. D., Zinsmeister W. J., et al (2004) Early Paleocene Mollusks of Antarctica: Systematics, Paleoecology and Paleobiogeographic Significance, Bulletins of American Paleontology 367

Perrilliat M. D., Avendano J., et al (2006) Lower Eocene Gastropods from El Bosque Formation, Central Chiapas, Mexico, The Veliger 48 3, 151-169

Petuch E.J., Myers R.F. & Berschauer D.P. (2015). The living and fossil Busycon whelks: Iconic mollusks of eastern North America. San Diego Shell Club. viii + 195 pp. - via World Register of Marine Species

Museum Victoria KEmu database (Oct 2006) - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera

Nomenclator Zoologicus. A list of the names of genera and subgenera in zoology from the tenth edition of Linnaeus, 1758 to the end of 2004. Digitised by uBio from vols. 1-9 of Neave (ed.), 1939-1996 plus supplementary digital-only volume. http://ubio.org/NomenclatorZoologicus (as at 2006). - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera

Sepkoski, J. J., Jr. (2002). A compendium of fossil marine animal genera. Bulletins of American Paleontology. 363, 1-560. - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera

WoRMS (Nov 2016). - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera

Amer. J. Conch., 1 - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera

Data courtesy of: PBDB: The Paleobiology Database, Creative Commons CC-BY licenced. , GBIF: the Global Biodiversity Information Facility, various licences, iDigBio, various licences, and EOL: The Encyclopedia of Life (Open Data Public Domain). Because fossils are made of minerals too!

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