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Acila (Truncacila) princeps ✝

Source Data
SourceIDLink
Global Biodiversity Information Facility ID (GBIF)Not linked to a GBIF record.
PaleoBioDB ID (PBDB)85312https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=85312
Rankspecies (PBDB)
Taxonomy (PBDB)Life : Animalia : Mollusca : Bivalvia : Nuculida : Nuculidae : Acila : Acila (Truncacila) princeps
Classification
(PBDB,GBIF)
RankNameAuthor
-Eukaryota
-OpisthokontaCavalier-Smith 1987
kingdomAnimalia
-Bilateria
-EubilateriaAx 1987
-ProtostomiaGrobben 1908
-Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMolluscaLinnaeus 1758
classBivalviaLinnaeus 1758
orderProtobranchiaPelseneer 1889
superorderNuculiformiiDall 1889
orderNuculida
superfamilyNuculoidea(Gray 1824)
familyNuculidaeGray 1824
genusAcilaAdams and Adams 1858
subgenusAcila (Truncacila)Grant and Gale 1931
speciesAcila (Truncacila) princepsSchenck 1943
Opinions (PBDB)
NameRankOpinionEvidenceAuthor
Acila (Truncacila) princepsspeciesbelongs to Acila (Truncacila)stated with evidenceSchenck, 1943
Status (PBDB)extinct
Taxon Size (PBDB)1
First Recorded Appearance101 - 66 Ma
Late/Upper Cretaceous
Last Recorded Appearance72.1 - 66.0 Ma
Late/Upper Cretaceous
Environmentcoastal,inner shelf,outer shelf,oceanic (based on Nuculidae)
Motilityfacultatively mobile (based on Nuculidae)
Visionblind (based on Bivalvia)
Dietdeposit feeder, suspension feeder (based on Nuculidae)
Ontogenyaccretion (based on Nuculidae)
Taphonomyaragonite,thin,minor ribbing (based on Nuculidae)
Primary Reference (PBDB)H. G. Schenck. 1943. Acila princeps, a new Upper Cretaceous Pelecypod from California. Journal of Paleontology 17(1):60-68

Synonymy List

YearName and Author
1943Acila (Truncacila) princeps Schenck pp. 63-66 figs. pl. 8, figs. 1-4
2006Acila (Truncacila) princeps Squires and Saul p. 98

References

Schenck H. G. (1943) Acila princeps, a new Upper Cretaceous Pelecypod from California, Journal of Paleontology 17 1, 60-68
Squires R. L., Saul L. R. (2006) Cretaceous Acila (Truncacila) (Bivalvia: Nuculidae) from the Pacific Slope of North America, The Velliger 48 2, 83-104
Data courtesy of: PBDB: The Paleobiology Database, Creative Commons CC-BY licenced. , GBIF: the Global Biodiversity Information Facility, various licences, iDigBio, various licences, and EOL: The Encyclopedia of Life (Open Data Public Domain). Because fossils are made of minerals too!
 
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