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Aclisina ✝

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Source Data

Source	ID	Link
Global Biodiversity Information Facility ID (GBIF)	4606055	https://www.gbif.org/species/4606055
PaleoBioDB ID (PBDB)	8519	https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=8519

Rank

genus

Taxonomy (GBIF)

Life : Animalia : Mollusca : Gastropoda : Pleurotomariida : Murchisoniidae : Aclisina

Taxonomy (PBDB)

Life : Animalia : Mollusca : Gastropoda : Murchisoniina : Murchisoniidae : Aclisina

Taxonomic Status (GBIF)

accepted

Classification
(PBDB,GBIF)

Rank	Name	Author
-	Eukaryota
-	Opisthokonta	Cavalier-Smith 1987
kingdom	Animalia
-	Bilateria
-	Eubilateria	Ax 1987
-	Protostomia	Grobben 1908
-	Spiralia
superphylum	Lophotrochozoa
phylum	Mollusca	Linnaeus 1758
class	Gastropoda	Cuvier 1797
subclass	Orthogastropoda	Ponder and Lindberg 1997
order	Murchisoniina	Cox and Knight 1960
superfamily	Murchisonioidea
family	Murchisoniidae	Koken 1896
genus	Aclisina	de Koninck 1881

Scientific Name

Aclisina de Koninck, 1881

Name Published In

Ann. Mus. Hist. Nat. Belgique, Sér. paléont., 6

Opinions (PBDB)

Name	Rank	Opinion	Evidence	Author
Aclisina	subgenus	belongs to Loxonema	stated without evidence	Cleland, 1911
Aclisina	genus	belongs to Murchisoniidae	stated with evidence	Knight et al., 1960
Aclisina	genus	belongs to Archaeogastropoda	second hand	Sepkoski, 2002
Aclisina	genus	belongs to Murchisoniidae	stated with evidence	Pan and Erwin, 2002

Status (PBDB)

extinct

Taxon Size (PBDB)

First Recorded Appearance

393 - 388 Ma
Devonian

Last Recorded Appearance

251 - 247 Ma
Early/Lower Triassic

Motility

facultatively mobile (based on Murchisoniidae)

Vision

limited (based on Gastropoda)

Diet

suspension feeder (based on Murchisoniidae)

Taphonomy

aragonite (based on Gastropoda)

Primary Reference (PBDB)

L. G. de Koninck. 1881. Faune du calcaire carbonifère de la Belgique, 3e partie, Gastéropodes. Musée Royale d’Historie Naturelle Belgique Annales, Série Paléontoloque 6:1-170

Fossil Distribution

Subtaxa

Name	Status	Common Name(s)	Fossil Occurrences	Oldest	Youngest
Aclis minuta species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Aclisina (Rhabdospira) compacta ✝ species	listed (PBDB)
Aclisina (Rhabdospira) selkirkii ✝ species	listed (PBDB)		1	336 Ma Carboniferous	336 Ma Carboniferous
Aclisina acutula ✝ species	listed (PBDB)
Aclisina beneventa ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)
Aclisina bisulcata ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		1	272 Ma Permian	272 Ma Permian
Aclisina breva ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)
Aclisina cancellata species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Aclisina compacta species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Aclisina costata ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		7	306 Ma Carboniferous	306 Ma Carboniferous
Aclisina golconda ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		1	339 Ma Carboniferous	339 Ma Carboniferous
Aclisina longissima ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		2	372 Ma Late/Upper Devonian	336 Ma Carboniferous
Aclisina minima ✝ species	listed (PBDB)
Aclisina minuta ✝ species	listed (PBDB)
Aclisina northviewensis ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)
Aclisina obscura ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)
Aclisina ornata ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		7	306 Ma Carboniferous	306 Ma Carboniferous
Aclisina parallela ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)
Aclisina regularis ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		1	260 Ma Permian	260 Ma Permian
Aclisina striatula ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		2	336 Ma Carboniferous	336 Ma Carboniferous
Aclisina subsutra ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		1	254 Ma Permian	254 Ma Permian
Aclisina terebra ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)
Loxonema acutula species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Murchisonia minima species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB

Obsolete Names

Name	Source	Taxon Rank	Taxonomy
Acclisina Tryon, 1883	GBIF	genus	Animalia : Mollusca : Gastropoda : Pleurotomariida : Murchisoniidae : *Acclisina*

Synonymy List

Year	Name and Author
1881	Aclisina de Koninck
1898	Rhabdospira Donald
1898	Aclisina (Rhabdospira) Donald p. 65
1898	Aclisoides Donald p. 67
1911	Loxonema (Aclisina) Cleland p. 103
1960	Aclisina Knight et al. p. 293
2002	Aclisina Pan and Erwin p. 15
2002	Aclisina Sepkoski, Jr.

References

de Koninck L. G. Faune du calcaire carbonifère de la Belgique, 3e partie, Gastéropodes, Musée Royale d’Historie Naturelle Belgique Annales, Série Paléontoloque 6, 1-170

Donald J. G. Observations on the genus Aclisina, de Koninck, with descriptions of British species and of some other Carboniferous Gasteropoda, Quarterly Journal of the Geological Society of London 54 1, 45-72

Knight J. B., Cox L. R., et al (1960) Systematic descriptions, Treatise on Invertebrate Paleontology. Mollusca I 1, 169-339

Pan H. -Z., Erwin D. H. (2002) Gastropods from the Permian of Guangxi and Yunnan Provinces, South China, Journal of Paleontology Memoir 56, 1-49 doi:10.1666/0022-3360(2002)76[1:GFTPOG]2.0.CO;2

Sepkoski, Jr. J. J. (2002) A compendium of fossil marine animal genera, Bulletins of American Paleontology 363, 1-560

Ann. Mus. Hist. Nat. Belgique, Sér. paléont., 6 - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera

GBIF/Paleo Database - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera

Nomenclator Zoologicus. A list of the names of genera and subgenera in zoology from the tenth edition of Linnaeus, 1758 to the end of 2004. Digitised by uBio from vols. 1-9 of Neave (ed.), 1939-1996 plus supplementary digital-only volume. http://ubio.org/NomenclatorZoologicus (as at 2006). - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera

Sepkoski, J. J., Jr. (2002). A compendium of fossil marine animal genera. Bulletins of American Paleontology. 363, 1-560. - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera

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