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Acteon (Acteon)

Gastropoda - Heterostropha - Acteonidae

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1810Acteon (Acteon) Montfort
1931Acteon (Acteon) Grant, IV and Gale p. 442
2003Acteon (Acteon) Oleinik and Marincovich Jr p. 40

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
RankNameAuthor
classGastropoda
orderHeterostropha()
superfamilyActeonoidead'Orbigny 1835
familyActeonidaed'Orbigny 1835
genusActeonMontfort 1810
subgenusActeonMontfort 1810

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Subg. Acteon (Acteon) Montfort 1810
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: aragonitec
Locomotion: actively mobilef
Life habit: epifaunalf
Diet: carnivoref
Vision: limitedc
Created: 2009-09-10 07:23:29
Modified: 2009-09-10 09:23:29
Source: f = family, c = class
References: Kiessling 2004, Hendy et al. 2009

Age range: base of the Lutetian to the top of the Middle Miocene or 47.80000 to 11.60800 Ma

Collections (25 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Lutetian - Bartonian47.8 - 38.0Russian Federation (Kamchatka) Acteon sp., Acteon microspiralis (7275)
Chattian28.1 - 23.03Panama Acteon tampae (42558)
Early/Lower Miocene23.03 - 15.97Germany (North Rhein-Westfalia) Acteon laevigatus, Acteon sp. 2 (62883) Acteon semistriatus (62882)
Early/Lower Miocene - Middle Miocene23.03 - 11.608Germany (North Rhein-Westfalia) Acteon semistriatus, Acteon sp. 2 (62884)
Miocene23.03 - 5.333Germany (North Rhein-Westfalia) Acteon semistriatus (62934) Acteon semistriatus, Acteon sp. 2 (62899) Acteon sp. 2 (62936)
Burdigalian20.44 - 15.97Germany Acteon sp. 1, Acteon sp. 2, Acteon sp. 3 (111599)
Middle Miocene15.97 - 11.608Germany (North Rhein-Westfalia) Acteon laevigatus (61907) Acteon laevigatus, Acteon semistriatus (61902 61903 61905) Acteon laevigatus, Acteon semistriatus, Acteon sp. 3 (61906) Acteon laevigatus, Acteon sp. 1, Acteon sp. 2 (61896) Acteon laevigatus, Acteon sp. 2 (61898) Acteon semistriatus (61904 62887) Acteon semistriatus, Acteon sp. 2 (61895 61897 61900 62886) Acteon sp. 2 (62885 62889)
Tortonian11.62 - 7.246Denmark Acteon semistriatus (98312)