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Achelous
Taxonomy
Achelous was named by De Haan (1833). It is extant.
It was reranked as Portunus (Achelous) by Latreille (1819); it was reranked as Neptunus (Achelous) by Glaessner (1933).
It was assigned to Portunus by Latreille (1819); to Neptunus by Glaessner (1933); and to Portuninae by Collins et al. (2009) and Luque et al. (2017).
It was reranked as Portunus (Achelous) by Latreille (1819); it was reranked as Neptunus (Achelous) by Glaessner (1933).
It was assigned to Portunus by Latreille (1819); to Neptunus by Glaessner (1933); and to Portuninae by Collins et al. (2009) and Luque et al. (2017).
Species
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1819 | Portunus (Achelous) Latreille |
| 1833 | Achelous De Haan |
| 1933 | Neptunus (Achelous) Glaessner |
| 2009 | Achelous Collins et al. |
| 2017 | Achelous Luque et al. p. 12 |
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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.
G. Achelous De Haan 1833
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Achelous gibbesii Stimpson 1862
†Achelous obtusus Milne Edwards 1860
Achelous sebae Milne-Edwards 1834
Achelous spinimanus Latreille 1819
†Achelous vindobonensis Bachmeyer 1950
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
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| References: Aberhan 1992, Fearon and Clapham 2023, Turnsek 1997 | |||||
Age range
Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Late/Upper Miocene to the top of the Holocene or 11.60800 to 0.00000 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 7.246 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 7.246 Ma
Collections (10 total)
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tortonian | Madagascar | A. sp. (51586) | |
| Late/Upper Miocene | Austria (Niederösterreich) | A. vindobonensis (235507) | |
| Zanclean | Netherlands Antilles (Curacao) | A. sebae (228642) | |
| Middle Pleistocene | Barbados | Portunus gibbesii (185882) | |
| Late/Upper Pleistocene | Jamaica | A. sebae (185031) | |
| Holocene | USA (Florida) | A. dupressifrons, A. ordwayi (147239) A. ordwayi (146579) | |
| Holocene | USA (North Carolina) | A. gibbesii (147224) | |
| Holocene | USA (Virgin Islands) | A. ordwayi (146588) | |
| Holocene | Mexico | A. tuberculatus (147227) |