''Amblyacrum'' is a
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of extinct minute
sea snail
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gastropod
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mollusk
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micromollusk
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s in the
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Mangeliidae
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[MolluscaBase (2019). MolluscaBase. Amblyacrum Cossmann, 1889 †. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1055667 on 2019-11-25]
Species
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within the genus ''Amblyacrum'' include:
* † ''
Amblyacrum adrienpeyroti''
Lozouet, 2017
* † ''
Amblyacrum bernayi''
Cossmann, 1889
* † ''
Amblyacrum dameriacense''
(Deshayes, 1865)
* † ''
Amblyacrum exiguum''
(Peyrot, 1931)
* † ''
Amblyacrum gougeroti''
(J. K. Tucker & Le Renard, 1993)
* † ''
Amblyacrum otites''
Lozouet, 2017
* † ''
Amblyacrum tabulatum''
(Conrad, 1833)
* † ''
Amblyacrum tauziedense''
Lozouet, 2017
;Species brought into synonymy:
* † ''Amblyacrum rugosum''
(Deshayes, 1834): synonym of † ''Amblyacrum gougeroti''
(J. K. Tucker & Le Renard, 1993)
* † ''Amblyacrum tauziedensis''
Lozouet, 2017 : synonym of † ''Amblyacrum tauziedense''
Lozouet, 2017 (wrong gender agreement of specific epithet)
References
* Cossmann (M.), 1893 ''Notes complémentaires sur la faune éocènique de l'Alabama.'' Annales de Géologie et de Paléontologie, t. 12, p. 3-51
* Wenz (W.), 1943 ''Handbuch der Paläozoologie''. Gastropoda, 6., p. 1201-1506
* Powell (A.W.B.), 1966 ''The Molluscan families Speightiidae and Turridae. An evaluation of the valid taxa, both Recent and fossil, with lists of characteristic species''. Bulletin of the Auckland Institute and Museum, n°5, p. 5-184
* Le Renard (J.) & Pacaud (J.-M.), 1995 R''évision des Mollusques paléogènes du Bassin de Paris. 2 - Liste des références primaires des espèces.'' Cossmanniana, t. 3, vol. 3, p. 65-132
External links
Cossmann M. (1889). Catalogue illustré des coquilles fossiles de l'Éocène des environs de Paris. Annales de la Société Royale Malacologique de Belgique. 24: 3-381, 12 pls
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