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Amaea (Undiscala)

Gastropoda - Epitoniidae

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1909Undiscala de Boury
1937Acrilla (Undiscala) Durham p. 509
1944Acrilla (Undiscala) Durham p. 159
1952Acrilla (Undiscala) Eames p. 53
1962Amaea (Undiscala) Glibert p. 247
2002Undiscala Sepkoski

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
RankNameAuthor
classGastropoda
subclassCaenogastropoda(Cox 1959)
superfamilyEpitonioidea(Berry 1910)
familyEpitoniidaeBerry 1910
genusAmaeaAdams and Adams 1853
subgenusUndiscala(de Boury 1909)

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.

Subg. †Amaea (Undiscala) de Boury 1909
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Diagnosis
ReferenceDiagnosis
J. W. Durham 1937Shell solid, medium size; sutures mod- erately deep, whorls convex; numerous non-lamellar axial ribs; spiral ribs about as prominent as axial ribs; basal disk marked by closely spaced spiral ribs; bounded by peripheral keel; aperture nearly round; outer lip usually not thickened, not sinuous, inner lip very thin.
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: aragonitef
Composition 2: low Mg calcitef
Locomotion: slow-movingf
Life habit: low-level epifaunalf
Diet: carnivoref
Vision: limitedc
Created: 2007-02-05 23:13:43
Modified: 2011-09-22 17:20:39
Source: f = family, c = class
References: Beu et al. 1990, Kiessling 2004

Age range: base of the Late/Upper Campanian to the top of the Late/Upper Oligocene or 83.60000 to 23.04000 Ma

Collections (23 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Campanian83.6 - 72.2Israel Undiscala goryi (80990 80998) Undiscala sp. (80982) Undiscala vicina (80980 80986 80987 80988 80989 80993 80995 80996 80997)
Danian66.0 - 61.66USA (California) Cerithiopsis alternata (190798)
Selandian61.66 - 59.24USA (California) Acrilla sp. (90071)
Bartonian41.03 - 37.71Pakistan Acrilla soriensis (183853)
Bartonian41.03 - 37.71USA (Washington) Epitonium washingtonensis (200105)
Rupelian33.9 - 27.3USA (Washington) Acrilla olympicensis (62246)
Chattian27.3 - 23.04USA (Washington) Acrilla olympicensis (52357 52362 180405 208172) Epitonium washingtonensis, Acrilla washingtonensis (52380)
Late/Upper Oligocene27.3 - 23.04USA (Washington) Acrilla olympicensis (40737)