Gastropoda - Heterostropha - Acteonidae
Alternative spellings: Actaeon (Rictaxis), Acteon (Rictaxis)
Parent taxon: Acteonidae according to G. Rosenberg 2005
See also Addicott 1970, Gardner 1947, Oldroyd 1925, Olsson and Harbison 1953, Sepkoski 2002 and Todd 2001
Sister taxa: Acteocinidae, Acteon, Acteonellinae, Acteoninae, Bullina, Crenilabium, Cylindrobullinae, Japonactaeon, Lithophysema, Nucleopsinae, Ongleya, Pirsila, Pupa, Semiactaeon, Solidula, Tenuiactaeon, Tornatellaea, Triploca, Vasjugania, Wangacteon
Subtaxa: Acteon (Rictaxis) weaveri Rictaxis fusulus Rictaxis oryza Rictaxis punctocaelatus
Ecology: epifaunal carnivore
Distribution:
• Quaternary of United States (15: California, Florida collections)
• Pliocene of United States (1: California)
• Miocene of Panama (5), Trinidad and Tobago (2), United States (3: Florida)
• Oligocene of United States (3: Mississippi)
• Eocene of the United Kingdom (2)
• Paleocene of Denmark (1), Greenland (1)
Total: 33 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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