Acteon pomilius
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| Shell of Acteon pomilius (specimen at the Paleontological Research Institution) | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Superfamily: | Acteonoidea |
| Family: | Acteonidae |
| Genus: | Acteon |
| Species: | †A. pomilius
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| Binomial name | |
| †Acteon pomilius Conrad, 1833
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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
[edit]Fossils of this marine species have been found in Eocene strata in Alabama, USA.
References
[edit]- ^ 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
External links
[edit]- Conrad, T. A. (1833). Fossil shells of the Tertiary formations of North America, illustrated by figures drawn on stone from nature. Philadelphia: Judah Dobson, W. P. Gibbons, Printer. Vol. 1(3):29-38 pp; Vol. 1(4):39-46 pp. [Vol. 1(1):viii + 9-20, pls. 1-6
- Lea, I. (1833). Contributions to Geology. 227 pp., 6 pls. Carey, Lea and Blanchard, Philadelphia
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