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Acavidae

Gastropoda - Heterostropha - Acavidae

Taxonomy
Acavidae was named by Pilsbry (1895). It is extant.

It was assigned to Mollusca by Pickford and Senut (1997); to Acavoidea by Bouchet et al. (2005); and to Rhytidoidea by Bouchet et al. (2017).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1895Acavidae Pilsbry
1997Acavidae Pickford and Senut p. 201
2005Acavidae Bouchet et al.
2017Acavidae Bouchet et al. p. 362

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classGastropoda
orderHeterostropha()
infraclassEuthyneura(Spengel 1881)
RankNameAuthor
TectipleuraSchrödl et al. 2011
PanpulmonataJörger et al. 2010
superorderEupulmonata(Haszprunar and Huber 1990)
suborderGeophila(Férussac 1819)
orderStylommatophora(Schmidt 1856)
suborderHelicina
infraorderRhytidoidei
superfamilyRhytidoideaPilsbry 1893
familyAcavidaePilsbry 1895
familyAcavidaePilsbry 1895

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.

Fm. Acavidae Pilsbry 1895
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G. †Pebasiconcha Wesselingh and Gittenberger 1999
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Pebasiconcha immanis Wesselingh and Gittenberger 1999
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: aragonitec
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Life habit: epifaunalc
Vision: limitedc
Created: 2004-02-29 11:40:59
Modified: 2010-02-11 01:35:02
Source: c = class
Reference: Kiessling 2004

Age range: base of the Lutetian to the top of the Late/Upper Pleistocene or 48.07000 to 0.01170 Ma

Collections (3 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Lutetian48.07 - 41.03Namibia (Sperrgebiet) Trigonephrus sp. (149173)
Miocene - Pliocene23.04 - 2.58South Africa Trigonephrus indet. (22223)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117South Africa (Namaqualand) Trigonephrus sp. (51187)