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Acteon pomilius

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Acteon pomilius
Shell of Acteon pomilius (specimen at the Paleontological Research Institution)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
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

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)

Distribution

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

References

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  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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