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Acrilla unilineata

Gastropoda - Epitoniidae

Taxonomy
Scalaria unilineata was named by Heilprin (1880) [DISTRIBUTION: Late Eocene; Gulf Coastal Plain.]. Its type specimen is USNM 8920, a shell, and it is not a trace fossil.

It was recombined as Scala unilineata by Aldrich (1897); it was recombined as Acrilla unilineata by Harris and Palmer (1947), Palmer and Brann (1966) and Kosnik (2002).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1880Scalaria unilineata Heilprin p. 150 figs. fig. 5
1897Scala unilineata Aldrich p. 5
1947Acrilla unilineata Harris and Palmer p. 244
1966Acrilla unilineata Palmer and Brann p. 476
2002Acrilla unilineata Kosnik

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
RankNameAuthor
classGastropoda
subclassCaenogastropoda(Cox 1959)
superfamilyEpitonioidea(Berry 1910)
familyEpitoniidaeBerry 1910
genusAcrillaBolten 1798
speciesunilineata(Heilprin 1880)

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.

Acrilla unilineata Heilprin 1880
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: aragonitef
Composition 2: low Mg calcitef
Entire body: yesg
Adult width: 10 to < 100g
Adult height: 10 to < 100g
Thickness: thing
Folds: noneg
Ribbing: minorg
Spines: noneg
Internal reinforcement: noneg
Locomotion: slow-movingf
Life habit: semi-infaunalg
Diet: carnivoref
Vision: limitedc
Created: 2009-03-16 10:37:01
Modified: 2018-03-19 13:34:38
Source: g = genus, f = family, c = class
References: Abbott and Dance 1986, Beu et al. 1990, Kiessling 2004

Age range: base of the Bartonian to the top of the Priabonian or 41.30000 to 33.90000 Ma

Collections (5 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Lutetian - Priabonian47.8 - 33.9USA (Mississippi) Acrilla unilineata (1424)
Bartonian41.3 - 38.0USA (Louisiana) Acrilla unilineata (205501)
Bartonian41.3 - 38.0USA (Mississippi) Acrilla unilineata (90704 164232)
Priabonian38.0 - 33.9USA (Louisiana) Acrilla unilineata (98689)