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Akasakiella yabei

Gastropoda - Goniasmatidae

Taxonomy
Murchisonia yabei was named by Hayasaka (1943). It is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Kinshozan, Kuro zone, Akasaka, Gifu Prefecture, which is in a Capitanian carbonate limestone in the Akasaka Formation of Japan.

It was recombined as Raha yabei by Hayami and Kase (1977); it was recombined as Akasakiella yabei by Nützel and Nakazawa (2012).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1943Murchisonia yabei Hayasaka p. 32 figs. Pl 2, figs 2,3; pl 4, figs 1,2; pl 5, fig 2
1977Raha yabei Hayami and Kase p. 41
2012Akasakiella yabei Nützel and Nakazawa p. 133 fig. 16P

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
RankNameAuthor
classGastropoda
subclassCaenogastropoda(Cox 1959)
superfamilyOrthonematoideaNützel and Bandel 2000
familyGoniasmatidae()
genusAkasakiella
speciesyabei()

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.

Akasakiella yabei Hayasaka 1943
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
partNmeanminimummaximummedians.d.
shell height2340.6290.0400.0345.077.8
shell diameter2109.492.0130.0111.026.9

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: base of the Artinskian to the top of the Capitanian or 290.10000 to 259.51000 Ma

Collections (3 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Artinskian290.1 - 283.3Japan (Iwate) Murchisonia yabei (182561)
Capitanian264.28 - 259.51Japan Akasakiella yabei (109667) Murchisonia yabei (type locality: 109637)