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Nucella (Acanthinucella)
Taxonomy
Acanthinucella was named as a genus. It is extant.
It was reranked as Nucella (Acanthinucella) by Herm (1969).
It was assigned to Nucella by Herm (1969); and to Neogastropoda by Sepkoski (2002).
It was reranked as Nucella (Acanthinucella) by Herm (1969).
It was assigned to Nucella by Herm (1969); and to Neogastropoda by Sepkoski (2002).
Subtaxa
Species lacking formal opinion data
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1969 | Nucella (Acanthinucella) Herm p. 140 figs. pl. 18, figs. 8-10 |
| 2002 | Acanthinucella Sepkoski |
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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. Nucella (Acanthinucella)
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†Acanthinucella emersoni Hertlein and Allison 1959
Acanthinucella punctulata Sowerby I 1835 [spotted unicorn]
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Invalid names: Acanthina lapilloides Conrad 1837 [synonym]
Acanthinucella spirata Blainville 1832 [angular unicorn]
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Invalid names: Monoceras engonatum Conrad 1837 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
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| References: Kiessling 2004, Hendy et al. 2009 | |||||
Age range
Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Zanclean to the top of the Late/Upper Pleistocene or 5.33300 to 0.01170 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 3.6 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 3.6 Ma
Collections (52 total)
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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| Zanclean | Mexico (Baja California) | Acanthina emersoni (154115) | |
| Late/Upper Pliocene | USA (California) | Acanthina spirata (200403 238435 238437) Acanthinucella emersoni (238622 238623) | |
| Early/Lower Pleistocene - Late/Upper Pleistocene | USA (California) | Acanthina spirata (223075) | |
| Pleistocene | Mexico (Baja California) | Acanthina spirata (96590 96592 96593 96594) | |
| Pleistocene | USA (California) | Acanthina spirata (201624) | |
| Quaternary | USA (California) | Acanthina punctulata (37939) Acanthina spirata (37938) | |
| Middle Pleistocene | USA (California) | Acanthina spirata (202492 222998 223329) Monoceros engonatum (222663 222664) | |
| Middle Pleistocene - Late/Upper Pleistocene | USA (California) | Monoceras engonatum (222646) | |
| Late/Upper Pleistocene | USA (California) | Acanthina lapilloides (202936) Acanthina spirata (37673 59063 96566 96895 160361 202490 202491 219029 219030 240555 240593 240615 240635 240643 240644 240645 240646 240648 240650 240652 240653 240661) Acanthinucella sp., Acanthinucella spirata (96936) Monoceras engonatum (222674) Monoceros engonatum (222659 222661 222662) Monoceros engonatum, Monoceros lapilloides (222660) | |
| Late/Upper Pleistocene | Mexico | Acanthina spirata (52347 67643 67644) |