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Actaeon parvum

Gastropoda - Heterostropha - Acteonidae

Taxonomy
Actaeon parvum was named by Dickerson (1917). Its type specimen is CAS 401 and 402 (cotypes) and is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is CAS loc. 181, Cowlitz River, 4mi E. of Vader, which is in an Eocene coastal sandstone/conglomerate in Washington.

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
A. granum, A. laetus, A. nitidus

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1917Actaeon parvum Dickerson p. 172 figs. PI. 29, Figs. 12a and 12b

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

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

†Actaeon parvum Dickerson 1917
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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: Hendy et al. 2009, Kiessling 2004

Age range: Late/Upper Eocene or 37.20000 to 33.90000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Eocene37.2 - 33.9USA (Washington) Actaeon parvum (type locality: 4900)