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Acanthina (Monoceras) norna

Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Muricidae

Taxonomy
Acanthina (Monoceras) norna was named by Nomland (1917). It is extant. Its type specimen is UCMP 11314, a shell. Its type locality is UCMP loc. 2276, which is in a Miocene marine sandstone in the Santa Margarita Formation of California.

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
A. tuberculata

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1917Acanthina (Monoceras) norna Nomland p. 309 figs. Plate 19, figures 3a, 36

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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
superfamilyMuricoideade Costa 1776
familyMuricidaeRafinesque 1815
genusAcanthinaLamarck 1809
subgenusMonoceras
speciesnorna

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.

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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: aragonitec
Locomotion: actively mobilef
Life habit: epifaunalf
Diet: carnivoref
Vision: limitedc
Created: 2009-09-10 08:22:24
Modified: 2009-09-10 10:22:24
Source: f = family, c = class
References: Hendy et al. 2009, Kiessling 2004

Age range: Late/Upper Miocene or 11.63000 to 5.33300 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Miocene11.63 - 5.333USA (California) Acanthina norna (type locality: 216199)