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Amaea
Taxonomy
Amaea was named by Adams and Adams (1853) [Sepkoski's age data: K u R Sepkoski's reference number: 1248]. It is extant.
It was assigned to Scalidae by Abbass (1967); to Neotaenioglossa by Sepkoski (2002); and to Epitoniidae by Allison (1955), MacNeil (1960), Dushane (1988), Todd (2001), Wienrich (2001), Squires and Saul (2003) and Rosenberg et al. (2006).
It was assigned to Scalidae by Abbass (1967); to Neotaenioglossa by Sepkoski (2002); and to Epitoniidae by Allison (1955), MacNeil (1960), Dushane (1988), Todd (2001), Wienrich (2001), Squires and Saul (2003) and Rosenberg et al. (2006).
Species
Species lacking formal opinion data
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
|---|---|
| 1853 | Amaea Adams and Adams |
| 1955 | Amaea Allison p. 422 |
| 1960 | Amaea MacNeil p. 44 |
| 1967 | Amaea Abbass p. 41 |
| 1988 | Amaea Dushane p. 52 |
| 2001 | Amaea Todd |
| 2001 | Amaea Wienrich p. 450 |
| 2002 | Amaea Sepkoski |
| 2003 | Amaea Squires and Saul p. 28 |
| 2006 | Amaea Rosenberg et al. |
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G. Amaea Adams and Adams 1853
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Subg. Amaea (Acrilloscala) Sacco 1890
Subg. †Amaea (Undiscala) de Boury 1909
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†Acrilla (Undiscala) lolakensis Durham 1937
†Acrilla (Undiscala) olympicensis Durham 1937
†Acrilla (Undiscala) soriensis Eames 1952
†Acrilla (Undiscala) washingtonensis Weaver 1916
†Amaea cancellata Brocchi 1814
†Amaea cerva Squires and Saul 2003
†Amaea pentzia Squires and Saul 2003
†Amaea trifolia Squires and Saul 2003
Diagnosis
| Reference | Diagnosis | |
|---|---|---|
| R. L. Squires and L. R. Saul 2003 | Shell acuminate, whorls joined, and not um- biUcate. Protoconch smooth, conical, and polygrate. Su- ture impressed. Sculpture consisting of both axial and spi- ral ribs, usually cancellate (occasionally a few irregular varices). Basal keel prominent or weak (only a line and visible, or not, next to suture). Basal-disk sculpture sim- ilar to or unlike that on rest of teleoconch, axial ribs oc- casionally passing onto basal disk. Aperture ovate to quadrate (Clench & Turner, 1950; DuShane, 1974, 1979; Kilburn, 1985; Garvie, 1996; Neville. 2001). |