Acteon rakhiensis Eames 1952 (snail)

Gastropoda - Heterostropha - Acteonidae

Full reference: F. E. Eames. 1952. A contribution to the study of the Eocene in Western Pakistan and Western India: C. The description of the Scaphopoda and Gastropoda from standard sections in the Rakhi Nala and Zindar Pir areas of the Western Punjab and in the Kohat District. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London Series B 236:1-168

Belongs to Acteon according to F. E. Eames 1952

Sister taxa: Acteon (Acteon), Acteon annectens, Acteon arnumensis, Acteon bajoensis, Acteon boulderanus, Acteon chattonensis, Acteon chehalisensis, Acteon chipolanus, Acteon cicatricosus, Acteon concinnus, Acteon costaricensis, Acteon eurystoma, Acteon ghossi, Acteon hamadryados, Acteon idoneus, Acteon korphys, Acteon korphys, Acteon luculi, Acteon merriami, Acteon ovoides, Acteon parvum, Acteon pistilliformis, Acteon politus, Acteon quercus, Acteon semilaevis, Acteon simiensis, Acteon subulatus, Acteon sullivanae, Acteon susanaensis, Acteon teramachii, Acteon textilis, Acteon tornatilis, Acteon traskii, Acteon umpquaensis, Acteon vacavillensis, Acteon venturaensis, Acteon virgatus, Actaeon globosus, Actaeon andersoni, Actaeon pusillus, Tornatella (Actaeon) pomilia, Actaeon reussi, Actaeon calvertensis, Actaeon pusilla, Actaeon blanckenhorni, Actaeon impressus, Actaeon shilohensis, Actaeon argentinus, Actaeon latus, Actaeon inornatus, Actaeon lenzi, Actaeon parvum, Actaeon kirkerensis, Actaeon lawsoni

Type specimen: BMNH G.68405, a shell. Its type locality is Fossil Bed F.1995, Rakhi Nala, which is in a Bartonian marine shale in the Drazinda Formation of Pakistan.

Ecology: epifaunal carnivore

Distribution: found only at Fossil Bed F.1995, Rakhi Nala

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