Acteon sullivanae Murphy and Rodda 1960 (snail)

Gastropoda - Heterostropha - Acteonidae

Full reference: M. A. Murphy and P. U. Rodda. 1960. Mollusca of the Cretaceous Bald Hills Formation of California. Journal of Paleontology 34(5):835-858

Belongs to Acteon according to M. A. Murphy and P. U. Rodda 1960

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

Type specimen: UCLA 28642. Its type locality is UCLA loc. 3768, Gas Point Road, which is in a Cenomanian marine sandstone in the Budden Canyon Formation of California.

Ecology: epifaunal carnivore

Distribution: found only at UCLA loc. 3768, Gas Point Road

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