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Aclis modesta

Gastropoda - Aclididae

Taxonomy
Aclis modesta was named by Meyer (1886) [DISTRIBUTION: Middle Eocene; Gulf Coastal Plain.]. Its type specimen is USNM 638820, a shell, and it is not a trace fossil.

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1886Aclis modesta Meyer p. 69 figs. pl. 2, fig. 1
1966Aclis modesta Palmer and Brann p. 476

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
RankNameAuthor
classGastropoda
subclassCaenogastropoda(Cox 1959)
superfamilyVanikoroideaGray 1840
familyAclididaeSars 1878
genusAclisLoven 1846
speciesmodestaMeyer 1886

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Aclis modesta Meyer 1886
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Diagnosis
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