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Acmaeinae (disused)

Gastropoda - Patellida - Acmaeidae

Taxonomy
Acmaeinae was named by Forbes (1850) [m. kosnik taxon no: 10223]. It is extant.

It was assigned to Acmaeadae by Sohl (1964); and to Acmaeidae by Pacaud and Le Renard (1995) and Bouchet et al. (2005).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1850Acmaeinae Forbes
1964Acmaeinae Sohl p. 357
1995Acmaeinae Pacaud and Le Renard p. 152
2005Acmaeinae Bouchet et al. p. 243

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
RankNameAuthor
classGastropoda
subclassPatellogastropoda(Lindberg 1986)
orderPatellida(Ihering 1876)
superfamilyLottioideaGray 1840
familyAcmaeidae()
subfamilyAcmaeinaeForbes 1850
subfamilyAcmaeinaeForbes 1850

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.

Subfm. Acmaeinae Forbes 1850
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: aragonitec
Locomotion: facultatively mobilef
Attached: yesf
Life habit: epifaunalf
Diet: grazerf
Vision: limitedc
Created: 2009-08-15 13:50:17
Modified: 2009-09-10 10:45:27
Source: f = family, c = class
References: Hendy et al. 2009, Kiessling 2004
Collections
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