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Fusinus equalis

Geological Range

Late Pliocene; Extinct.

Paleogeographic Distribution

Southern Florida to North Carolina.

Remarks

Original Description (from Emmons, 1858, p. 250-251):

"Shell thick, spire rather short, conical; whirls eight rounded and somewhat ventricose, and ornamented by numerous spiral subequal lines, coarser and more distant upon the back and rostrum; aperture and rostrum rather less than twice the length of the spire; outer lip ridged internally; pillar lip spirally ridged. Miocene of Cape Fear River."

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Synonymous with Heilprinia equalis and Fusus equalis Emmons, 1858 (original combination).

Stratigraphic Occurrences

Late Pliocene
Duplin Formation (NC)
Jackson Bluff Formation (N. FL)
Raysor Formation (SC)
Tamiami Formation (Pinecrest Beds) (S. FL)
<i>Fusinus equalis</i> from the Late Pliocene Duplin Fm. of Duplin County, North Carolina (UF 216844).
Fusinus equalis from the Late Pliocene Duplin Fm. of Duplin County, North Carolina (UF 216844).
Specimen of <i>Fusinus equalis</i> figured by Emmons (1858, fig. 111).
Specimen of Fusinus equalis figured by Emmons (1858, fig. 111).
Late Pliocene Map
Late Pliocene Map