Basic info Taxonomic history Classification Included Taxa
Morphology Ecology and taphonomy External Literature Search Age range and collections

Acrilla procerus

Gastropoda - Epitoniidae

Taxonomy
Acrilla procerus was named by Zinsmeister (1983). Its type specimen is UCR 4579/10, a shell, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Runkle Canyon, which is in a Thanetian marine conglomerate in the Simi Formation of California.

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
Epitonium paytens

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1983Acrilla procerus Zinsmeister pp. 1289-1290

Is something missing? Join the Paleobiology Database and enter the data

RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
RankNameAuthor
classGastropoda
subclassCaenogastropoda(Cox 1959)
superfamilyEpitonioidea(Berry 1910)
familyEpitoniidaeBerry 1910
genusAcrillaAdams and Adams 1860
speciesprocerus

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.

†Acrilla procerus Zinsmeister 1983
show all | hide all
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: aragonitef
Composition 2: low Mg calcitef
Locomotion: slow-movingf
Life habit: low-level epifaunalf
Diet: carnivoref
Vision: limitedc
Created: 2007-02-05 23:13:43
Modified: 2011-09-22 17:20:39
Source: f = family, c = class
References: Kiessling 2004, Beu et al. 1990

Age range: Thanetian or 59.20000 to 56.00000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Thanetian59.2 - 56.0USA (California) Acrilla procerus (type locality: 205395)