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Diacria

Gastropoda - Opisthobranchia - Cavoliniidae

Taxonomy
Diacria was named by Gray (1847) [Sepkoski's age data: T Mi-m R Sepkoski's reference number: 2,83]. It is extant.

It was reranked as Hyala (Diacria) by Bronn (1962).

It was assigned to Cavolinidae by Woodring (1928); to Hyala by Bronn (1962); to Cavoliniinae by Zorn (1997) and Beesley (1998); to Thecosomata by Sepkoski (2002); and to Cavoliniidae by Todd (2001) and Janssen et al. (2008).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1847Diacria Gray p. 203
1928Diacria Woodring p. 115
1962Hyala (Diacria) Bronn
1997Diacria Zorn p. 36
1998Diacria Beesley p. 982
2001Diacria Todd
2002Diacria Sepkoski
2008Diacria Janssen et al. p. 365

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
RankNameAuthor
phylumMollusca
classGastropoda
orderOpisthobranchia(Milne-Edwards 1848)
orderThecosomataBlainville 1823
familyCavoliniidaed'Orbigny 1842
genusDiacriaGray 1847

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. Diacria Gray 1847
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†Diacria digitata Guppy 1882
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Invalid names: Cavolinia digitata Guppy 1903 [synonym]
†Diacria mbaensis Ladd 1934
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Invalid names: Clio asphaltodes Beets 1943 [synonym], Diacria kipasiformis Beets 1943 [synonym]
†Diacria trispinosa de Blainville 1821
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Invalid names: Diacria bisulcata Gabb 1873 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: aragonitec
Locomotion: actively mobilef
Life habit: nektonicf
Diet: carnivoref
Vision: limitedc
Created: 2009-09-10 07:42:46
Modified: 2009-09-10 09:42:46
Source: f = family, c = class
References: Hendy et al. 2009, Kiessling 2004

Age range: base of the Late/Upper Miocene to the top of the Holocene or 11.60800 to 0.00000 Ma

Collections (37 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Tortonian11.62 - 7.246Dominican Republic D. trispinosa (94139)
Late/Upper Miocene11.608 - 5.333Haiti D. sp. (60097)
Messinian7.246 - 5.333Greece D. trispinosa (76986)
Messinian7.246 - 5.333Panama (Colon) D. sp. (79855)
Messinian7.246 - 5.333Dominican Republic D. trispinosa (84983 84984 131374 181410)
Zanclean5.333 - 3.6Panama (Bocas) D. sp. (135832)
Zanclean5.333 - 3.6Dominican Republic D. trispinosa (93691 93715 181402 181403 181404 181408)
Zanclean5.333 - 3.6Portugal D. trispinosa (152328)
Zanclean5.333 - 3.6Holy See (Vatican City State) D. tridentata, D. trispinosa (209253)
Zanclean5.333 - 3.6Indonesia (Sulawesi Tenggara) D. mbaensis (109175)
Pliocene5.333 - 2.588Haiti D. bisulcata (66815)
Pliocene5.333 - 2.588Jamaica D. trispinosa, D. digitata (34539)
Zanclean - Piacenzian5.333 - 2.588Italy D. trispinosa (178221)
Pliocene - Pleistocene5.333 - 0.0117Jamaica D. trispinosa (34543)
Late/Upper Pliocene3.6 - 2.588Jamaica D. bisulcata (58522) D. digitata (69094) D. trispinosa, D. digitata (69091)
Piacenzian3.6 - 2.588Panama (Bocas) D. sp. (79794 79989 135876)
Piacenzian3.6 - 2.588Dominican Republic D. trispinosa (93612)
Piacenzian3.6 - 2.588Spain D. trispinosa (80558 80559 80563)
Calabrian1.8 - 0.774Costa Rica (Limon) D. sp. (79844)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Japan Cavolinia trispinosa (88886)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117USA (California) D. trispinosa (96566)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Mayotte D. sp. (209856 209861)