Scientific Classification
| Kingdom: Animalia |
| Phylum: Mollusca |
| Class: Gastropoda |
| Order: Neogastropoda |
| Family: Fasciolariidae |
| Genus: Pliculofusus |
| Species: Pliculofusus scalarinus (Heilprin, 1886) |
Information
Geological Range
Paleogeographic Distribution
Stratigraphic Occurrences
| Coffee Mill Hammock Formation |
| Fort Thompson Formation [Questionable/rare] |
| Bermont Formation [Questionable/rare] |
| Caloosahatchee Formation [Abundant] |
| Nashua Formation [Questionable/rare] |
| Tamiami Formation (Pinecrest Beds) [Common] |
Remarks
Common name: n/a
Synonymy: n/a
Type specimen, locality, and stratum: n/a
Other voucher specimens: n/a
Descriptions:
Original Description (from Heilprin, 1886, p. 69-70):
“Shell sub-fusiform, of about ten volutions, longitudinally ribbed or plicated; spire elevated, nearly one-third the length of shell; whorls convex, those of the spire angulated at about the middle, crossed by numerous elevated, and more or less rounded, revolving lines, from ten to fourteen on each of the more prominent whorls; central line most prominent, forming the median angulation or carination; interstitial finer lines present at irregular intervals.
Body-whorl with about 15-20 ribs or plicae, which, as a rule are less prominently angulated than those of the spire, making the shell appear more regularly convex; revolving lines somewhat over thirty, a limited number of which are interstitial; aperture about one-half the length of shell, or somewhat over, produced anteriorly into a broad canal of moderate length; outer lip prominently lined on the inside; columella with two very oblique folds, the lower of which is practically obsolete.
Length, 6.5 ; width, 2.5 inches.
In the banks of the Caloosahatchie, below Fort Thompson.”
Measurements: n/a
Other remarks: n/a
References: n/a
Online resources: n/a
Page history:
Some of the content on this page was originally published on the Neogene Atlas of Ancient Life on April 29, 2014. It was developed by Jonathan R. Hendricks and colleagues and migrated here in 2026.
This page was last modified on October 28, 2026 by Jonathan R. Hendricks.
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