MolluscaBase taxon details
Acanthotheca Vendrasco, Porter, Kouchinsky & C. Z. Fernandez, 2011 †
1423286 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:1423286)
accepted
Genus
Ribeiria junior Runnegar, 1996 † accepted as Acanthotheca junior (Runnegar, 1996) † (type by monotypy)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
fossil only
feminine
Vendrasco M.J., Kouchinsky A., Porter S.M., Fernandez Ch.Z. (2011). Phylogeny and escalation in Mellopegma and other Cambrian molluscs. <em>Paleontologia Electronica.</em> 14(2): 1-44.
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Type locality contained in Australia
type locality contained in Australia [details]
Etymology From the Greek acanthos, meaning thorn, and the Greek theca, meaning cup or container,
with reference to the overall thorn...
Fossil range Middle Cambrian
with reference to the overall thorn...
Etymology From the Greek acanthos, meaning thorn, and the Greek theca, meaning cup or container,
with reference to the overall thorn shape of the shell (‘cup’). [details]
with reference to the overall thorn shape of the shell (‘cup’). [details]
Fossil range Middle Cambrian
Fossil range Middle Cambrian [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2024). MolluscaBase. Acanthotheca Vendrasco, Porter, Kouchinsky & C. Z. Fernandez, 2011 †. Accessed at: https://molluscabase.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1423286 on 2024-04-19
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original description
Vendrasco M.J., Kouchinsky A., Porter S.M., Fernandez Ch.Z. (2011). Phylogeny and escalation in Mellopegma and other Cambrian molluscs. <em>Paleontologia Electronica.</em> 14(2): 1-44.
page(s): 24 [details] Available for editors [request]
basis of record Parkhaev, P. Y. (2019). The Cambrian molluscs of Australia: overview of taxonomy, biostratigraphy and paleobiogeography [In Russian]. <em>Stratigrafiya. Geologicheskaya Korrelyatsiya.</em> 27(2): 52-79., available online at https://doi.org/10.31857/s0869-592x27252-79
page(s): 55 [details] Available for editors [request]
page(s): 24 [details] Available for editors
[request] basis of record Parkhaev, P. Y. (2019). The Cambrian molluscs of Australia: overview of taxonomy, biostratigraphy and paleobiogeography [In Russian]. <em>Stratigrafiya. Geologicheskaya Korrelyatsiya.</em> 27(2): 52-79., available online at https://doi.org/10.31857/s0869-592x27252-79
page(s): 55 [details] Available for editors
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Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
