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Acila (Truncacila) taliaferroi

Bivalvia - Nuculida - Nuculidae

Taxonomy

Acila (Truncacila) taliaferroi was named by Schenck (1936).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

A. ashiyaensis, A. elongata, A. minima, A. piura, A. elongata, A. ermani, A. gottschei, A. marujamensis, A. nakazimai, A. picturata

Synonyms

Nucula (Acila) hamiltonensis was named by Clark (1932). Its type specimen is UCMP 30376 and is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is UCMP 3850 Hamilton Creek, which is in a Chattian marine horizon in the Poul Creek Formation of Alaska.

It was replaced with Acila (Truncacila) taliaferroi by Schenck (1936).

Synonymy list

Year	Name and author
1932	Nucula (Acila) hamiltonensis Clark p. 806 figs. Pl. 14, figs. 11 and 14
1936	Acila (Truncacila) taliaferroi Schenck p. 81

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Rank	Name	Author
kingdom	Animalia	()
—	Bilateria
—	Eubilateria	Ax 1987
—	Protostomia
—	Spiralia
superphylum	Lophotrochozoa
phylum	Mollusca
class	Bivalvia
—	Eubivalvia

Rank	Name	Author
subclass	Protobranchia	(Pelseneer 1889)
superorder	Nuculiformii	Dall 1889
order	Nuculida	(Dall 1889)
superfamily	Nuculoidea	(Gray 1824)
family	Nuculidae	Gray 1824
genus	Acila	Adams and Adams 1858
subgenus	Truncacila	Grant and Gale 1931
species	taliaferroi

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.

†Acila (Truncacila) taliaferroi Schenck 1936

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Invalid names: Nucula (Acila) hamiltonensis Clark 1932 [replaced]

Diagnosis

No diagnoses are available

Measurements

No measurements are available

Composition:

aragonitef

Entire body:

yesf

Adult length:

1.0 to < 10f

Adult width:

1.0 to < 10f

Adult height:

1.0 to < 10f

Thickness:

thinf

Folds:

nonef

Ribbing:

minorf

Spines:

nonef

Internal reinforcement:

nonef

Ontogeny:

accretionf

Environment:

coastal, inner shelf, outer shelf, oceanicf

Locomotion:

facultatively mobilef

Life habit:

infaunalf

Diet:

deposit feederf

Diet 2:

suspension feederf

Vision:

blindc

Created:

2008-11-15 10:09:53

Modified:

2009-08-18 20:13:53

Source: f = family, c = class

References: Aberhan et al. 2004, Mikkelsen and Bieler 2008

Age range: base of the Chattian to the top of the Serravallian or 27.30000 to 11.63000 Ma

Collections (5 total)

Time interval	Ma	Country or state	Original ID and collection number
Chattian	27.3 - 23.04	USA (Alaska)	Nucula hamiltonensis (195951 195959 195966)
Burdigalian - Serravallian	20.45 - 11.63	USA (Alaska)	Acila taliaferroi (37383 37385)