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Donaldina robusta

Gastropoda - Heterostropha - Donaldinidae

Taxonomy

Aclis robusta was named by Stevens (1858). It is not a trace fossil.

It was recombined as Aclisina robusta by Mark (1912) and Knight (1931); it was recombined as Donaldina robusta by Knight (1933), Hoare (1961), Sturgeon (1964), Thein and Nitecki (1974), Batten (1995), Kues and Batten (2001), Heidelberger (2001), Bandel (2002) and Wagner (2023).

Synonyms

Aclisina pumila was named by Mark (1912). It is not extant. Its type locality is Along the abandoned right of way of the Wabash railroad, near Portersville, which is in a Missourian marine limestone in the Conemaugh Formation of Ohio.

It was synonymized subjectively with Aclisina robusta by Knight (1931).
Aclis stevensoni was named by White (1881) [Aclis? stevensoni]. It is not a trace fossil.

It was synonymized subjectively with Aclisina robusta by Knight (1931).

Synonymy list

Year	Name and author
1858	Aclis robusta Stevens p. 259
1873	Aclis robusta Meek and Worthen p. 596 figs. pl. 29 f. 6a-b
1881	Aclis stevensoni White p. 35 figs. pl. 3 f. 9a-b
1912	Aclisina pumila Mark pp. 299, 314 - 315 figs. pl. 16 f. 10
1912	Aclisina robusta Mark pp. 299, 313 figs. pl. 16 f. 4
1931	Aclisina robusta Knight pp. 10 - 11 figs. pl. 1 f. 2a-f; txt-f. 1b, i
1933	Donaldina robusta Knight p. 57
1961	Donaldina robusta Hoare pp. 177 - 178 figs. pl. 21 f. 25; pl. 22 f. 1
1964	Donaldina robusta Sturgeon p. 223 figs. pl. 34 f. ?17, 18-19
1974	Donaldina robusta Thein and Nitecki p. 220
1995	Donaldina robusta Batten p. 35 fig. 51
2001	Donaldina robusta Heidelberger p. 218
2001	Donaldina robusta Kues and Batten pp. 90 - 91 figs. f. 18.9 - 18.12
2002	Donaldina robusta Bandel pp. 60 - 61 figs. f. 17-18
2023	Donaldina robusta Wagner p. 5127

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Rank	Name	Author
kingdom	Animalia	()
—	Bilateria
—	Eubilateria	Ax 1987
—	Protostomia
—	Spiralia
superphylum	Lophotrochozoa
phylum	Mollusca

Rank	Name	Author
class	Gastropoda
order	Heterostropha	()
superfamily	Streptacidoidea	Knight 1931
family	Donaldinidae
genus	Donaldina
species	robusta	()

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.

†Donaldina robusta Stevens 1858

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Invalid names: Aclis stevensoni White 1881 [synonym], Aclisina pumila Mark 1912 [synonym]

Diagnosis

Reference	Diagnosis
R. L. Batten 1995	Moderately high-spired, turreted shells. Sutures sharp and deep. Upper whorl face flattened to concave adjacent to suture. Shoulder is marked by revolving cord. Periphery is high on whorl, just below shoulder. Outer whorl face flattened to slightly convex, sloping toward axis, and ornamented by two revolving cords evenly spaced and dgveloped. Some specimens have a few additional revolving lirae on outer whorl face and base. Lower cord marks base. Whorls embrace just below lower margin of outer whorl face. Base flatly rounded and ornamented by one or two revolving cords. Anomphalus. Columellar lip straight and reflexed. Parietal inductura is thickened and ornament is resorbed within plane of aperture. Shallow siphonal notch at junction of columellar and lower lips.