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Acicula

Gastropoda - Aciculidae

Taxonomy
Acicula was named by Hartmann (1821). It is extant. It is the type genus of Aciculadae.

It was assigned to Aciculidae by Harzhauser and Binder (2004), Bouchet et al. (2005) and Harzhauser and Neubauer (2018).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1821Acicula Hartmann
2004Acicula Harzhauser and Binder p. 5
2005Acicula Bouchet et al. p. 18
2018Acicula Harzhauser and Neubauer p. 75

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
RankNameAuthor
classGastropoda
subclassCaenogastropoda(Cox 1959)
—Architaenioglossa(Haller 1890)
superfamilyCyclophoroideaGray 1847
familyAciculidae(Gray 1850)
genusAciculaHartmann 1821

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.

G. Acicula Hartmann 1821
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Subg. Acicula (Acicula) Hartmann 1821
†Acicula edlaueri Schlickum 1970
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Invalid names: Acicula (Acicula) irenae Schlickum 1978 [synonym]
†Acicula giuntellii Harzhauser et al. 2015
†Acicula isseli Flach 1889
Acicula lineata Draparnaud 1801
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: aragonitec
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Life habit: epifaunalc
Vision: limitedc
Created: 2004-02-29 11:40:59
Modified: 2010-02-11 01:35:02
Source: c = class
Reference: Kiessling 2004

Age range

Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the MN 6 to the top of the Messinian or 13.65000 to 5.33300 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 12.75 Ma

Collections (12 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
MN 613.65 - 12.75Poland A. lineata, A. isseli (231087) Acme limbata (231086)
MN 911.1 - 9.7Austria A. edlaueri (231088 231089)
MN 118.7 - 7.75Austria (Niederoesterreich) A. edlaueri (32649)
Messinian7.246 - 5.333Italy (Piedmont) A. lineata (172912 172915 172916 199859) A. n. sp., A. lineata, A. giuntellii (172910)
Messinian7.246 - 5.333Italy A. lineata (172917) A. sp., A. lineata, A. giuntellii (172926)