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Micrancilla alibamasiana

Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Ancillariidae

Taxonomy
Micrancilla alibamasiana was named by Pacaud et al. (2013). Its type specimen is MNHN.F.J13251, a shell, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Claiborne (Cossmann collection), which is in a Bartonian marine sandstone in the Gosport Sand Formation of Alabama.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2013Micrancilla alibamasiana Pacaud et al. p. 48 figs. Pl 5, figs 6-9

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classGastropoda
subclassCaenogastropoda(Cox 1959)
RankNameAuthor
—Sorbeoconcha(Ponder and Lindberg 1997)
—Hypsogastropoda(Ponder and Lindberg 1997)
superorderLatrogastropodaRiedel 2000
orderNeogastropodaThiele 1929
superfamilyOlivoidea(Troschel 1869)
familyAncillariidae(Swainson 1840)
genusMicrancilla(Maxwell 1992)
speciesalibamasiana

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.

†Micrancilla alibamasiana Pacaud et al. 2013
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: aragonitec
Locomotion: actively mobileo
Life habit: epifaunalo
Diet: carnivoreo
Vision: limitedc
Created: 2004-02-29 11:41:42
Modified: 2009-09-10 10:56:35
Source: o = order, c = class
Reference: Kiessling 2004

Age range: Bartonian or 41.03000 to 37.71000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Bartonian41.03 - 37.71USA (Alabama) Micrancilla alibamasiana (type locality: 183808)