Fusitriton

Fusitriton is a genus of large predatory sea snails marine gastropod molluscs in the family Cymatiidae.

Fusitriton

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On record

Recorded, not inferred
Sits inside
RanellinaePBDB
Diet
carnivorePBDB, for Ranellidae
Life habit
epifaunalPBDB, for Ranellidae
Motility
actively mobilePBDB, for Ranellidae
Vision
limitedPBDB, for Gastropoda

Time the record covers

At least 27 million years on record.

The record covers at least 27.3 Mya to 129 ka. No occurrence read is dated outside 33.9 Mya to 11.7 ka.

Eocene — about 0 of 65 occurrencesOligocene — about 3 of 65 occurrencesOligoceneMiocene — about 6 of 65 occurrencesMiocenePliocene — about 21 of 65 occurrencesPleistocene — about 35 of 65 occurrences35–33 Mya — about 0.1 occurrences33–32 Mya — about 0.3 occurrences32–31 Mya — about 0.3 occurrences31–30 Mya — about 0.3 occurrences30–29 Mya — about 0.3 occurrences29–28 Mya — about 0.3 occurrences28–27 Mya — about 0.3 occurrences27–25 Mya — about 0.3 occurrences25–24 Mya — about 0.3 occurrences24–23 Mya — about 0.3 occurrences23–22 Mya — about 0.0 occurrences21–20 Mya — about 0.1 occurrences20–18 Mya — about 0.1 occurrences18–17 Mya — about 0.1 occurrences17–16 Mya — about 0.1 occurrences16–15 Mya — about 0.8 occurrences15–14 Mya — about 0.9 occurrences14–13 Mya — about 0.4 occurrences13–12 Mya — about 0.4 occurrences12–10 Mya — about 0.6 occurrences10–9.2 Mya — about 0.6 occurrences9.2–8.1 Mya — about 0.6 occurrences8.1–6.9 Mya — about 0.6 occurrences6.9–5.8 Mya — about 0.4 occurrences5.8–4.6 Mya — about 2 occurrences4.6–3.5 Mya — about 5 occurrences3.5–2.3 Mya — about 15 occurrences2.3–1.2 Mya — about 4 occurrences1.2–0 Mya — about 30 occurrences27.3 Mya129 ka34.6 Mya0 Mya

65 occurrences of Fusitriton on record, most of them in the Pleistocene. The Paleobiology Database records this as a living group. Bar height is expected occurrences, not a count: each fossil is spread across the span it is dated to, so a tall narrow bar means tight dating and a low wide one means loose.

When

65 occurrences

These are dates about fossils, not the animal: the record can only begin after it arose and end before it died out, so either end may reach further. Shares are expected occurrences: a fossil dated to a span is counted partly in each period it straddles. More on what this infers.

Found in

25 formations

Timms Point Silt — 33.73°N, 118.28°WTimms Point Silt — 33.78°N, 118.35°WTimms Point Silt — 33.77°N, 118.30°WPalos Verdes Sand — 33.99°N, 118.45°WPalos Verdes Sand — 33.73°N, 118.29°WPico — 33.94°N, 117.89°WPico — 34.43°N, 118.70°WFernando — 34.05°N, 118.25°WFernando — 34.05°N, 118.25°WSan Pedro Sand — 33.74°N, 118.28°WHijikata — 34.77°N, 138.02°EKeasey — 45.98°N, 123.28°WLomita Marl — 33.79°N, 118.34°WAnchor — 34.04°N, 118.40°WTopsy — 58.64°N, 137.58°WTachilni — 54.98°N, 162.85°WUkari — 34.77°N, 138.00°ETomioka — 42.77°N, 143.02°EHirono — 42.77°N, 143.02°EBear Lake — 55.20°N, 161.59°WMerced — 43.39°N, 124.28°WElk River — 42.74°N, 124.49°WTubul — 37.83°S, 73.33°WWildcat — 40.64°N, 124.31°WTentokuji — 39.75°N, 140.41°EFoxen Mudstone — 34.89°N, 120.55°WCareaga Sandstone — 34.84°N, 120.41°WDivision D — 49.62°N, 126.83°WTowsley — 34.34°N, 118.54°W

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The named rock units Fusitriton has been recovered from, largest first. Drawn where the rock is now, not where it formed. One further formation holds fewer occurrences and is not listed. 8 occurrences have no formation on record, which is common for older literature.

Fusitriton and its relatives

Pleistocene

Where Fusitriton and its relatives were recorded in the Pleistocene.

Found in the same rock

1,301 taxa

The Paleobiology Database records 43 sites for Fusitriton, and this reads all of them. The number is how many of those sites it was catalogued from too. The 24 sharing the most are listed.

This is not a list of everything alive at the time. It is only what has come out of the same ground as this animal and been written down.

Entered from

37 references

Each of the 65 occurrences read was entered from one of these publications, ordered by how many each accounts for. This is not a search for papers mentioning the name. 25 further references are not listed. Entries link to doi.org where the Paleobiology Database holds an identifier, and to its own record where it does not. Relayed as the Paleobiology Database holds them, not checked against what they resolve to.

Media and terms

Media content1

Picture of Fusitriton

Credit
Shellnut
Licence
CC BY-SA 3.0
Commercial use
the licence allows it

No 3D scan was found. Smithsonian Open Access, MorphoSource and Sketchfab were all searched.

The description on this site

Licence
CC BY-SA 4.0

This is what the site found, which is not the same as what exists.

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Occurrence data from the Paleobiology Database, CC BY 4.0. (Cossmann 1903)