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Acirsa (Acirsella)

Gastropoda - Epitoniidae

Taxonomy
Acirsella was named by de Boury (1886) [Sepkoski's age data: T Eo-m-l T Mi].

It was reranked as Acirsa (Acirsella) by Price and Palmer (1928) and Pacaud and Le Renard (1995).

It was assigned to Acirsa by Price and Palmer (1928) and Pacaud and Le Renard (1995); and to Neotaenioglossa by Sepkoski (2002).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1886Acirsella de Boury
1928Acirsa (Acirsella) Price and Palmer p. 29
1995Acirsa (Acirsella) Pacaud and Le Renard pp. 158 - 159
2002Acirsella Sepkoski

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
RankNameAuthor
classGastropoda
subclassCaenogastropoda(Cox 1959)
superfamilyEpitonioidea(Berry 1910)
familyEpitoniidaeBerry 1910
genusAcirsaMörch 1857
subgenusAcirsella(de Boury 1886)

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. †Acirsa (Acirsella) de Boury 1886
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Acirsa (Acirsella) henryleai Price and Palmer 1928
Acirsella effiae Willett 1939
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: aragonitef
Composition 2: low Mg calcitef
Locomotion: slow-movingf
Life habit: low-level epifaunalf
Diet: carnivoref
Vision: limitedc
Created: 2007-02-05 23:13:43
Modified: 2011-09-22 17:20:39
Source: f = family, c = class
References: Beu et al. 1990, Kiessling 2004

Age range: base of the Danian to the top of the Middle Pleistocene or 66.00000 to 0.12900 Ma

Collections (12 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Danian66.0 - 61.6USA (Texas) Acrisa sublineata (205466)
Thanetian59.2 - 56.0Poland Acirsella inermis (27018 27019 27020 27021)
Early/Lower Eocene55.8 - 48.6United Kingdom (England) Acirsella transversaria (8105)
Lutetian47.8 - 41.3USA (Texas) Acirsa henryleai (205356)
Lutetian47.8 - 41.3France (Picardie) Acirsa erasa, Acirsa striatula (178119)
Priabonian38.0 - 33.9Germany Acirsa pervaricosa (179751)
Middle Pleistocene0.774 - 0.129USA (California) Alabina effiae (203113 203118 223325)