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Aciculella

Chlorophyceae - Dasycladales - Dasycladaceae

Taxonomy
Aciculella was named by Pia (1927). It is not extant.

It was assigned to Dasycladaceae by Andrews (1970) and Elliott (1971).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1927Aciculella Pia
1970Aciculella Andrews
1971Aciculella Elliott

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RankNameAuthor
—Life
—Eukaryota()
—Archaeplastida
—Chloroplastida
phylumChlorophytaReichenbach 1834
RankNameAuthor
classChlorophyceaeKützing 1843
orderDasycladalesKützing 1860
familyDasycladaceaeKutzing 1843
genusAciculellaPia 1927

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. †Aciculella Pia 1927
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: aragoniteo
Architecture: porouso
Environment: coastal, inner shelf, oligotrophic, hypersaline, marine, brackisho
Locomotion: stationaryo
Attached: yesp
Life habit: epifaunalo
Diet: "photoautotroph"o
Created: 2006-07-05 08:29:01
Modified: 2007-10-05 06:09:29
Source: o = order, p = phylum
Reference: Kiessling 2004

Age range: base of the Norian to the top of the Thanetian or 228.00000 to 56.00000 Ma

Collections (4 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Norian228.0 - 208.5Greece A. sp. (56715)
Norian228.0 - 208.5Iran A. sp. (37983)
Rhaetian208.5 - 201.3Spain A. sp. (67734)
Danian - Thanetian66.0 - 56.0Slovakia (Trencin) A. sp. (215964)