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Amaea (Acrilla) affinis

Gastropoda - Epitoniidae

Taxonomy
Scalaria (Scalaria) affinis was named by Deshayes (1861) [DISTRIBUTION: Eocene; western Europe.]. It is not a trace fossil.

It was recombined as Scala affinis by Morellet and Morellet (1945); it was recombined as Amaea affinis by Piccoli and Savazzi (1983); it was recombined as Amaea (Acrilla) affinis by Pacaud and Le Renard (1995).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1861Scalaria (Scalaria) affinis Deshayes pp. 339-340 figs. pl. 12, figs. 4-5
1945Scala affinis Morellet and Morellet
1983Amaea affinis Piccoli and Savazzi
1995Amaea (Acrilla) affinis Pacaud and Le Renard

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
RankNameAuthor
classGastropoda
subclassCaenogastropoda(Cox 1959)
superfamilyEpitonioidea(Berry 1910)
familyEpitoniidaeBerry 1910
genusAmaeaAdams and Adams 1860
subgenusAcrilla
speciesaffinis(Deshayes 1861)

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.

Amaea (Acrilla) affinis Deshayes 1861
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Diagnosis
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