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Abderospira

Gastropoda - Opisthobranchia - Cylichnidae

Taxonomy
Abderospira was named by Dall (1896) [Sepkoski's age data: T Eo-l T Eo-u Sepkoski's reference number: 700]. It is not extant.

It was reranked as Bullina (Abderospira) by Dall (1895); it was reranked as Micromelo (Abderospira) by Dall (1903).

It was assigned to Bullina by Dall (1895); to Micromelo by Dall (1903); to Acteonidae by Harris and Palmer (1947); to Scaphandridae by Palmer and Brann (1966); to Cylichnidae by Dockery (1980); and to Cephalaspida by Sepkoski (2002).

Species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1895Bullina (Abderospira) Dall p. 32
1896Abderospira Dall
1903Micromelo (Abderospira) Dall p. 1632
1947Abderospira Harris and Palmer p. 455
1966Abderospira Palmer and Brann p. 474
1980Abderospira Dockery p. 141
2002Abderospira Sepkoski

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
RankNameAuthor
classGastropoda
orderOpisthobranchia(Milne-Edwards 1848)
orderCephalaspideaFischer 1883
superfamilyPhilinoideaGray 1850
familyCylichnidaeAdams 1850
genusAbderospiraDall 1896

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.

G. †Abderospira Dall 1896
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Abderospira aldrichi Langdon 1886
Abderospira hornii Gabb 1864
Abderospira leblanci Harris and Palmer 1947
Abderospira meyeri Palmer 1937
Abderospira oviformis Meyer 1886
Abderospira sabina Palmer 1937
Abderospira stewarti Palmer 1937
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 07:31:23
Modified: 2009-09-10 09:31:23
Source: f = family, c = class
References: Kiessling 2004, Hendy et al. 2009

Age range: base of the Selandian to the top of the Holocene or 61.60000 to 0.00000 Ma

Collections (43 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Selandian61.6 - 59.2USA (Alabama) A. sp., A. sabina (205427)
Ypresian56.0 - 47.8USA (Alabama) A. sabina (92269 92349 92353 92375)
Ypresian56.0 - 47.8USA (California) Bullaria hornii (122339)
Eocene56.0 - 33.9USA (California) Bulla hornii (190801 207128) Bullaria hornii (91476)
Lutetian47.8 - 41.3USA (Texas) A. sp. (205440)
Lutetian - Priabonian47.8 - 33.9USA (Mississippi) A. leblanci (1434)
Bartonian41.3 - 38.0USA (Texas) A. aldrichi (205410 205480) A. sp. (205422 205430 205531) A. spp. (205460)
Bartonian41.3 - 38.0USA (Mississippi) A. aldrichi (2436 2437 2444 90706) A. leblanci (205526) A. meyeri (2434 2438) A. oviformis (90704 99628 99632) A. oviforms (164232) A. sp. (205498)
Bartonian41.3 - 38.0USA (Alabama) A. aldrichi (90474) A. aldrichi, A. meyeri (90600) A. sp., A. aldrichi, A. stewarti (205489) A. sp., A. meyeri (205438)
Bartonian41.3 - 38.0USA (Louisiana) A. oviformis (91115) A. stewarti (98787)
Priabonian38.0 - 33.9USA (Louisiana) A. leblanci (98689 232637) A. oviformis (92300)
Priabonian38.0 - 33.9USA (Mississippi) A. oviformis (6802)
Late/Upper Eocene37.2 - 33.9Venezuela A. sp. (42792)
Serravallian13.82 - 11.62USA (Florida) A. funiakensis (43024)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0China A. myriosictus (96350 96351)