Actinoceras carletonense Twenhofel 1928 (mollusk)

Cephalopoda - Actinocerida - Actinoceratidae

Full reference: W. H. Twenhofel. 1928. Geology of Anticosti Island. Geological Survey of Canada Memoir 154(2132):1-351

Belongs to Actinoceras according to R. H. Flower 1957

See also Twenhofel 1928

Sister taxa: Actinoceras abortivum, Actinoceras aequale, Actinoceras altopontense, Actinoceras anticostiense, Actinoceras arcuanotum, Actinoceras curdsvillense, Actinoceras gradatum, Actinoceras huronioides, Actinoceras incantatum, Actinoceras insulaenigrae, Actinoceras kentuckiense, Actinoceras lambei, Actinoceras lesperancei, Actinoceras margaretae, Actinoceras mutabile, Actinoceras sinclairi, Actinoceras winstoni

Type specimen: Its type locality is Carleton Point, which is in a Richmondian carbonate limestone/shale in the Vaureal Formation of Canada

Ecology: nektobenthic carnivore

Distribution: found only at Carleton Point

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