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Aucellina gryphaeoides

Bivalvia - Pectinida - Buchiidae

Taxonomy
Avicula gryphaeoides was named by Sowerby (1836). It is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Humbleton Quarry, Durham (Sedgwick coll), which is in a Wuchiapingian reef, buildup or bioherm reef rocks in the Ford Formation of the United Kingdom. It is the type species of Aucellina.

It was recombined as Aucellina gryphaeoides by Glaessner (1958) and Wild and Stilwell (2016).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1836Avicula gryphaeoides Sowerby p. 335 figs. Pl 11, fig 3
1958Aucellina gryphaeoides Glaessner p. 203 figs. Pl 24, fig 1; text-fig 1
2016Aucellina gryphaeoides Wild and Stilwell p. 965 figs. 4.5, 4.6

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classBivalvia
—Eubivalvia
subclassAutobranchia(Groblen 1894)
infraclassPteriomorphia(Beurlen 1944)
RankNameAuthor
—OstreomorphiFerussac 1822
—OstreioniFerussac 1822
—OstreataFerussac 1822
superorderOstreiformiiFerussac 1822
orderPectinida(Gray 1854)
suborderAnomiidinaGray 1854
—MonotoideiWaterhouse 2001
superfamilyBuchioideaCox 1953
familyBuchiidaeCox 1953
genusAucellinaPompeckj 1901
speciesgryphaeoides(Sowerby 1836)

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.

†Aucellina gryphaeoides Sowerby 1836
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: low Mg calcitef
Environment: marineo
Locomotion: stationaryf
Life habit: epifaunalo
Diet: suspension feedero
Vision: blindc
Created: 2007-10-05 04:41:14
Modified: 2007-11-27 03:50:12
Source: f = family, o = order, c = class
References: Aberhan et al. 2004, Kiessling 2004

Age range: base of the Early/Lower Albian to the top of the Motuan or 112.03000 to 99.50000 Ma

Collections (34 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Albian113.0 - 100.5New Zealand Aucellina gryphaeoides (65654 65660 65662 65663 65664 65665 65666 65667)
Albian113.0 - 100.5Azerbaijan Aucellina gryphaeoides (165697)
Albian113.0 - 100.5Greenland Aucellina gryphaeoides (160914 160926)
Early/Lower Albian112.03 - 109.0Canada (British Columbia) Aucellina gryphaeoides (87391)
Early/Lower Albian - Middle Albian112.03 - 105.3France Aucellina gryphaeoides (13499)
Urutawan108.4 - 103.3New Zealand Aucellina gryphaeoides (37062 83401 83402 83406 83407 83409 83410 83411)
Urutawan - Motuan108.4 - 99.5New Zealand Aucellina gryphaeoides (83408)
Urutawan - Ngaterian108.4 - 95.2New Zealand Aucellina gryphaeoides (37061)
Late/Upper Albian105.3 - 99.6Indian Ocean Aucellina gryphaeoides (181562)
Late/Upper Albian105.3 - 99.6Germany (Brandenburg) Aucellina gryphaeoides (126918 126919)
Late/Upper Albian105.3 - 99.6Papua New Guinea Aucellina gryphaeoides (174833 174834)
Late/Upper Albian105.3 - 99.6Mozambique Aucellina gryphaeoides (174805 174809)
Early/Lower Cenomanian99.6 - 93.5Germany Aucellina gryphaeoides (12578 12579 12580)
Middle Cenomanian99.6 - 93.5Mozambique Aucellina gryphaeoides (174799)