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Acrocoelum cereum

Gastropoda - Heterostropha - Mathildidae

Taxonomy
Acrocoelum cereum was named by Sohl (1960). Its type specimen is USNM 128582, a shell, and it is a 3D body fossil.

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
A. richardsi

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1960Acrocoelum cereum Sohl p. 133 figs. Pl 18, figs 23,24

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
RankNameAuthor
classGastropoda
orderHeterostropha()
orderAllogastropodaHaszprunar 1985
superfamilyMathildoideaDall 1889
familyMathildidaeDall 1889
genusAcrocoelum
speciescereum

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.

†Acrocoelum cereum Sohl 1960
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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 07:25:45
Modified: 2009-09-10 09:25:45
Source: f = family, c = class
References: Kiessling 2004, Hendy et al. 2009

Age range: base of the Early/Lower Campanian to the top of the Maastrichtian or 83.60000 to 66.00000 Ma

Collections (5 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Early/Lower Campanian - Middle Campanian83.6 - 72.2USA (Mississippi) Acrocoelum cereum (7456)
Early/Lower Maastrichtian72.2 - 66.0USA (Mississippi) Acrocoelum cereum (7591 7593)
Maastrichtian72.2 - 66.0USA (Mississippi) Acrocoelum cereum (7506 7600)