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Acanthoclymenia neapolitana

Cephalopoda - Ammonoida - Acanthoclymeniidae

Taxonomy
Clymenia (Cyrtoclymenia) neapolitana was named by Clarke (1892). Its type specimen is NYSM 3625, a partial shell, and it is a 3D body fossil.

It was recombined as Acanthoclymenia neapolitana by Hyatt (1900), Korn and Klug (2002), House and Kirchgasser (2008).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1892Clymenia (Cyrtoclymenia) neapolitana Clarke p. 57 figs. 1-12
1900Acanthoclymenia neapolitana Hyatt p. 548
2002Acanthoclymenia neapolitana Korn and Klug p. 121
2008Acanthoclymenia neapolitana House and Kirchgasser p. 103 figs. Pl 6, figs 1-15; text-figs 30E-H, 32B

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classCephalopodaCuvier 1797
subclassColeoideaBather 1888
RankNameAuthor
orderAmmonoida(Haeckel 1866)
orderAgoniatitidaRuzhencev 1957
suborderGephuroceratinaRuzhencev 1957
superfamilyGephurocerataceaeFrech 1897
familyAcanthoclymeniidaeSchindewolf 1955
subfamilyAcanthoclymeniinaeSchindewolf 1955
genusAcanthoclymeniaHyatt 1900
speciesneapolitana()

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.

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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
partNmeanminimummaximummedians.d.
shell height42.932.205.202.551.41
shell diameter48.406.7012.47.752.56
shell inflation43.813.404.803.600.661

Composition: aragoniteo
Environment: marinec
Locomotion: fast-movingo
Life habit: nektonico
Diet: carnivoreo
Vision: well-developedc
Created: 2005-10-06 14:38:07
Modified: 2005-10-06 16:38:07
Source: o = order, c = class
References: Kiessling 2004, Aberhan et al. 2004, Kiessling 2003

Age range: base of the Early/Lower Frasnian to the top of the Middle Frasnian or 382.31000 to 375.20000 Ma

Collections (10 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Early/Lower Frasnian382.31 - 379.0Australia (Western Australia) Acanthoclymenia neapolitana (39044 39048 39049)
Early/Lower Frasnian382.31 - 379.0USA (New York) Acanthoclymenia neapolitana (136059 136089 136198)
Middle Frasnian379.0 - 375.2USA (New York) Acanthoclymenia neapolitana (136376 136377 136378 136396)