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Ancillus acutula

Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Olividae

Taxonomy
Eoancilla acutula was named by Stephenson (1941) [m. kosnik taxon no: 2707].

It was recombined as Ancilla (Ancillus) acutula by Sohl (1964); it was recombined as Ancillus acutula by Chavan (1965).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1941Eoancilla acutula Stephenson
1964Ancilla (Ancillus) acutula Sohl p. 248
1965Ancillus acutula Chavan p. 103

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classGastropoda
subclassCaenogastropoda(Cox 1959)
RankNameAuthor
—Sorbeoconcha(Ponder and Lindberg 1997)
—Hypsogastropoda(Ponder and Lindberg 1997)
superorderLatrogastropodaRiedel 2000
orderNeogastropodaThiele 1929
superfamilyOlivoidea(Troschel 1869)
familyOlividaeLatreille 1825
genusAncillusLamarck 1799
speciesacutula(Stephenson 1941)

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.

†Ancillus acutula Stephenson 1941
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: aragonitec
Locomotion: actively mobilef
Life habit: epifaunalf
Diet: carnivoref
Vision: limitedc
Created: 2009-09-10 08:23:19
Modified: 2009-09-10 10:23:19
Source: f = family, c = class
References: Hendy et al. 2009, Kiessling 2004

Age range: base of the Late/Upper Maastrichtian to the top of the Early/Lower Maastrichtian or 70.60000 to 66.00000 Ma

Collections (17 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Maastrichtian72.1 - 66.0USA (Mississippi) Ancilla acutula (205512)
Maastrichtian72.1 - 66.0USA (Texas) Ancilla acutula (4601) Eoancilla acutula (205541 205543)
Early/Lower Maastrichtian70.6 - 66.0USA (Georgia) Ancilla acutula (4266 4302 4303)
Early/Lower Maastrichtian70.6 - 66.0USA (Alabama) Ancilla acutula (4276)
Late/Upper Maastrichtian70.6 - 66.0USA (Texas) Ancilla acutula (4421 4455 4477)
Late/Upper Maastrichtian70.6 - 66.0USA (Maryland) Ancilla acutula (4368 4369 4372)
Late/Upper Maastrichtian70.6 - 66.0USA (Tennessee) Ancilla acutula (4121)
Late/Upper Maastrichtian70.6 - 66.0USA (Mississippi) Ancilla acutula (4126 4127)