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Architectonica acuta

Gastropoda - Heterostropha - Architectonicidae

Taxonomy
Architectonica acuta was named by Conrad (1854) [m. kosnik taxon no: 6562]. It is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Jackson, which is in an Eocene coastal horizon in Mississippi.

It was recombined as Architectonica (Solariaxis) acuta by Harris and Palmer (1947).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
A. aldrichi, A. aldrichi, A. alvear, A. ammonites, A. angsanaum, A. annosa, A. antrosa, A. bellense, A. bellensis, A. bellistriata, A. bicingulata, A. bifida, A. bimixta, A. bistriata, A. caelatura, A. canaliculata, A. caracollata, A. caracollosimplex, A. chipolana, A. chira, A. congnata, A. coniformis, A. corusca, A. cossmanni, A. crenularis, A. cupola, A. cyclostomum, A. depressomonilifera, A. distinguinda, A. fimbriaea, A. geminicostata, A. granulosa, A. greggi, A. hargeri, A. haughti, A. huppertzi, A. ianthinae, A. intusa, A. javanum, A. johnsoni, A. josephi, A. karikalensis, A. karkalensis, A. kartseni, A. koeneni, A. kurodae, A. leana, A. marthae, A. martini, A. marwicki, A. meekana, A. meliconae, A. microdiscus, A. modesta, A. montensis, A. neerlandica, A. nelsoni, A. nobilis, A. obolus, A. palembangensis, A. periscelida, A. petrosus, A. phoenicea, A. picteti, A. planiformis, A. planorbis, A. planulata, A. plicata, A. plicatula, A. prosemisquamosa, A. pulchra, A. puruense, A. reklawensis, A. sabinia, A. scrobiculata, A. sexlinearis, A. simplex, A. subconoidea, A. sylvaerupis, A. texcarolina, A. textilina, A. textilina, A. trochlearis, A. vesperina, A. vespertina, A. voragiformis, A. bellistriata, A. billmoorei, A. briarti, A. karikalensis, A. monilifera, A. nobilis, A. perspectivus, A. planum, A. prosemisquamosa, A. pseudoperspectiva, A. scotti, A. sedanense, A. simplex, A. simplex, A. sokkohense, A. incisum, A. planiformis, A. navidadensis, A. planoconcava, A. wannonensis, A. obolus, A. aldrichi, A. aldrichi, A. aldrichicaterva, A. canalic, A. canaliculata, A. geminicostata, A. geminicostata, A. meekana, A. millegrana, A. texcarolina, A. inti, A. ammo, A. ammonites, A. dorae, A. dumonti, A. goossensi, A. ickeae, A. intermedia, A. marthae, A. plicaluta, A. plicata, A. pliealuta, A. fimbriaea, A. fimbriaea, A. formosa, A. angustiforata, A. bisulcata, A. corwini, A. guppyi, A. langlassei, A. misera, A. obtusa, A. obtusa, A. orbitata, A. planulata, A. semidecussata, A. araea, A. krebsii, A. amekiensis, A. granulatocostata, A. kostejana, A. nomurai, A. reklawensis, A. reklawensis

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1854Architectonica acuta Conrad p. 289
1856Architectonica acuta Conrad p. 261
1947Architectonica (Solariaxis) acuta Harris and Palmer p. 275
2002Architectonica acuta Kosnik

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
RankNameAuthor
classGastropoda
orderHeterostropha()
superfamilyArchitectonicoideaGray 1840
familyArchitectonicidaeGray 1850
genusArchitectonicaRöding 1798
speciesacuta

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.

Architectonica acuta Conrad 1854
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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: 2009-05-20 05:00:49
Modified: 2009-09-10 09:25:24
Source: f = family, c = class
Reference: Kiessling 2004

Age range: base of the Bartonian to the top of the Late/Upper Eocene or 41.03000 to 33.90000 Ma

Collections (34 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Lutetian - Bartonian48.07 - 37.71USA (Alabama) Architectonica acuta (205490)
Lutetian - Priabonian48.07 - 33.9USA (Mississippi) Architectonica acuta (1422)
Bartonian41.03 - 37.71USA (Louisiana) Architectonica acuta (1413 91115 92157 92304 92357 92374 98676 98855 205501)
Bartonian41.03 - 37.71USA (Texas) Architectonica acuta (205267 205271 205410 205422 205429 205430 205433 205448 205480 205481 205484 205485 205531)
Bartonian41.03 - 37.71USA (Mississippi) Architectonica acuta (90471 90643 90704 164232 205508 205526 205535)
Bartonian41.03 - 37.71USA (Alabama) Architectonica acuta (205489)
Late/Upper Eocene37.71 - 33.9USA (Mississippi) Architectonica acuta (type locality: 208935)
Priabonian37.71 - 33.9USA (Louisiana) Architectonica acuta (98689)