Marine Species Traits - Aciculidae J. E. Gray, 1850

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Aciculidae J. E. Gray, 1850

AphiaID

833685 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:833685)

Classification

Status

accepted

Rank

Family

Parent

Cyclophoroidea J. E. Gray, 1847

Original name

Aciculidae J. E. Gray, 1850

Synonymised names

Acmeidae Pollonera, 1905 · unaccepted

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Genus Acicula W. Hartmann, 1821
Genus Menkia Boeters, E. Gittenberger & Subai, 1985
Genus Platyla Moquin-Tandon, 1856
Genus Renea G. Nevill, 1880
Genus Acme W. Hartmann, 1821 accepted as Acicula W. Hartmann, 1821 (Placed on the Official Index by Opinion 344; objective synonym of Acicula Hartmann, 1821)
Genus Acmea W. Hartmann, 1821 accepted as Acme W. Hartmann, 1821 accepted as Acicula W. Hartmann, 1821 (unaccepted > unavailable name, Invalid: Suppressed for the purposes of the Law of Priority by Opinion 344, 1955, Opinions and Declarations rendered by the ICZN, 10(11): 315)
Genus Acutalia Schaufuss, 1869 accepted as Acicula Risso, 1826 accepted as Cecilioides A. Férussac, 1814 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
Genus Caziotia Pollonera, 1905 accepted as Renea G. Nevill, 1880
Genus Hyalacme P. Hesse, 1917 accepted as Platyla Moquin-Tandon, 1856
Genus Megalacme Kobelt & Möllendorff, 1899 accepted as Renea G. Nevill, 1880 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
Genus Microceras F. Sandberger, 1886 accepted as Renea G. Nevill, 1880 (Invalid: junior homonym of Microceras Hall, 1845 [Cyrtolitidae])
Genus Pleuracme Kobelt, 1894 accepted as Renea G. Nevill, 1880 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
Genus Pseudotruncatella Andreae, 1904 † accepted as Renea G. Nevill, 1880 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
Genus Pupula Charpentier, 1837 accepted as Acicula W. Hartmann, 1821 (junior synonym)

Environment

~~marine~~, ~~brackish~~, ~~fresh~~, terrestrial

Original description

Gray, J. E. (1850). [Descriptions of taxa] In: [Baird, W. & Gray, J. E.], Nomenclature of molluscous animals and shells in the collection of the British Museum. Part I. Cyclophoridae. British Museum, London. 69 pp. , available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/39306790
page(s): 67 [details]

Taxonomic citation

MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Aciculidae J. E. Gray, 1850. Accessed at: https://www.molluscabase.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=833685 on 2025-07-14

Taxonomic edit history

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2015-02-08 17:09:41Z

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Bouchet, Philippe

2024-01-02 17:18:06Z

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Auffenberg, Kurt

2024-12-12 06:55:16Z

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Bouchet, Philippe

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original description Gray, J. E. (1850). [Descriptions of taxa] In: [Baird, W. & Gray, J. E.], Nomenclature of molluscous animals and shells in the collection of the British Museum. Part I. Cyclophoridae. British Museum, London. 69 pp. , available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/39306790
page(s): 67 [details]

original description (of Acmeidae Pollonera, 1905) Pollonera, C. (1905). Note malacologiche. II. Molluschi terrestri e fluviatili delle Isole d'Elba e Pianosa. Bollettino dei Musei di Zoologia ed Anatomia Comparata della R. Università di Torino, 20 (517): 1-10, pl. 1. Torino., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/11809299
page(s): 1 [details]

basis of record Bouchet P., Rocroi J.P., Hausdorf B., Kaim A., Kano Y., Nützel A., Parkhaev P., Schrödl M. & Strong E.E. (2017). Revised classification, nomenclator and typification of gastropod and monoplacophoran families. Malacologia. 61(1-2): 1-526.
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