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Pseudodiala acuta (acute barleysnail)

Gastropoda - Barleeiidae

Taxonomy
Diala acuta was named by Carpenter (1864). It is extant. Its type specimen is USNM 390, a shell.

It was recombined as Barleeia acuta by Kanakoff and Emerson (1959); it was recombined as Pseudodiala acuta by Hendy (2021).

Synonyms
  • Diala marmorea was named by Carpenter (1864). It is extant.

    It was recombined as Barleeia marmorea by Valentine (1958); it was synonymized subjectively with Pseudodiala acuta by Hendy (2020).
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1864Diala acuta Carpenter p. 657
1864Diala marmorea Carpenter p. 657
1950Diala marmorea Woodring and Bramlette p. 48
1958Barleeia marmorea Valentine
1959Barleeia acuta Kanakoff and Emerson p. 30
2021Pseudodiala acuta Hendy

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classGastropoda
RankNameAuthor
subclassCaenogastropoda(Cox 1959)
—Sorbeoconcha(Ponder and Lindberg 1997)
—Hypsogastropoda(Ponder and Lindberg 1997)
superfamilyRissooideaGray 1847
familyBarleeiidaeGray 1857
genusPseudodialaPonder 1967
speciesacuta(Carpenter 1864)

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.

Pseudodiala acuta Carpenter 1864 [acute barleysnail]
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Invalid names: Diala marmorea Carpenter 1864 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: aragonitec
Locomotion: actively mobilef
Life habit: epifaunalf
Diet: grazerf
Vision: limitedc
Created: 2009-09-10 07:54:28
Modified: 2009-09-10 09:54:28
Source: f = family, c = class
References: Kiessling 2004, Hendy et al. 2009

Age range: base of the Gelasian to the top of the Late/Upper Pleistocene or 2.58000 to 0.01170 Ma

Collections (19 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Gelasian2.58 - 1.8USA (California) Diala marmorea (189768)
Quaternary2.58 - 0.0USA (California) Diala marmorea (37933 37934 37935 37945 37947 37948)
Middle Pleistocene0.774 - 0.129USA (California) Barleeia marmorea (203113) Diala acuta (138723) Diala marmorea (202633 203095 203108 203114 203118 223329 223525)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117USA (California) Barleeia marmorea (37673) Barleeia marmorea, Barleeia acuta (160361) Diala marmorea (223069)