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Acanthina katzi

Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Muricidae

Taxonomy
Acanthina katzi was named by Fleming (1972) [DISTRIBUTION: Late Oligocene-Middle Miocene; Chile, Peru.]. It is not a trace fossil.

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1972Acanthina katzi Fleming p. 397 figs. figs. 6m-s
1997Acanthina katzi DeVries and Vermeij p. 613
2003Acanthina katzi DeVries p. 342
2005Acanthina katzi DeVries p. 278

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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
superfamilyMuricoideade Costa 1776
familyMuricidaeRafinesque 1815
subfamilyOcenebrinaeCossmann 1903
genusAcanthinaFischer de Waldheim 1807
specieskatziFleming 1972

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.

Acanthina katzi Fleming 1972
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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 08:22:24
Modified: 2009-09-10 10:22:24
Source: f = family, c = class
References: Kiessling 2004, Hendy et al. 2009

Age range: base of the Late/Upper Oligocene to the top of the Late/Upper Pliocene or 27.30000 to 2.58000 Ma

Collections (12 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Oligocene27.3 - 23.04Peru Acanthina katzi (80480)
Early/Lower Miocene23.04 - 15.98Chile Acanthina katzi (89189)
Burdigalian20.45 - 15.98Peru Acanthina katzi (76635 80483 80523)
Middle Miocene15.98 - 11.63Peru Acanthina katzi (80497 80507 80513 80514 80515)
Late/Upper Miocene11.63 - 5.333Peru Acanthina katzi (80511)
Late/Upper Pliocene3.6 - 2.58Peru Acanthina katzi (80503)