Acteon pomilius

Acteon pomilius is an extinct species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Acteonidae.[1]

Variety
  • Acteon pomilius var. multannulatus Aldrich, 1908 (taxon inquirendum)

Acteon pomilius
Shell of Acteon pomilius (specimen at the Paleontological Research Institution)
Scientific classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Heterobranchia
Superfamily: Acteonoidea
Family: Acteonidae
Genus: Acteon
Species:
A. pomilius
Binomial name
Acteon pomilius
Conrad, 1833
Synonyms
  • Actaeon annectens Meyer, 1886
  • Acteon elegans (I. Lea, 1833)
  • Monoptygma elegans I. Lea, 1833

Distribution

Fossils of this marine species have been found in Eocene strata in Alabama, USA.

References

  1. MolluscaBase eds. (2024). MolluscaBase. Acteon idoneus Conrad, 1833 †. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1353926 on 2024-04-04
  • Cossmann (M.), 1893 - Notes complémentaires sur la faune éocènique de l'Alabama. Annales de Géologie et de Paléontologie, t. 12, p. 3-51
  • Palmer, van Winkle (K.), 1937 - The Claibornian Scaphopoda, Gastropoda and Dibranchiate Cephalopoda of the Southern United States. Bulletins of American Paleontology, t. 7, vol. 32, p. 3-548
  • Harris (G.D.) & Palmer (K.V.W.), 1947 - The Mollusca of the Jackson Eocene of the Mississippi embayment (Sabine River to Alabama River). Bulletins of American Paleontology, t. 30, vol. 117, p. 209-466


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