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Acrosalenia spinosa

Echinoidea - Salenioida - Acrosaleniidae

Taxonomy
Acrosalenia spinosa was named by Agassiz (1847).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1847Acrosalenia spinosa Agassiz
1851Acrosalenia spinosa Wright p. 265 figs. Pl 12, figs 3a-d

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Deuterostomia
Ambulacraria
phylumEchinodermata
subphylumEleutherozoa
Echinozoa()
classEchinoidea()
RankNameAuthor
subclassEuechinoideaBronn 1860
superorderAcroechinoidea()
Carinacea
Calycina(Gregory 1900)
orderSalenioida()
familyAcrosaleniidae
genusAcrosalenia
speciesspinosaAgassiz 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.

Acrosalenia spinosa Agassiz 1847
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: high Mg calciteo
Ontogeny: accretion, addition of partsp
Environment: marinep
Locomotion: slow-movingo
Life habit: low-level epifaunalo
Diet: omnivoreo
Vision: limitedc
Dispersal: waterp
Dispersal 2: planktonicp
Created: 2004-02-29 10:07:36
Modified: 2009-12-13 03:48:52
Source: o = order, c = class, p = phylum
References: Kiessling 2004, Aberhan et al. 2004, Aberhan 1992

Age range: base of the Late/Upper Bathonian to the top of the Oxfordian or 167.70000 to 157.30000 Ma

Collections (2 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Bathonian167.7 - 164.7France Acrosalenia spinosa (58932)
Oxfordian163.5 - 157.3United Kingdom (England) Acrosalenia spinosa (100669)