Actaeon parvum Dickerson 1917 (snail)

Gastropoda - Heterostropha - Acteonidae

Full reference: R. E. Dickerson. 1917. Climate and its influence upon the Oligocene faunas of the Pacific Coast, with descriptions of some new species from the Molopophorus lincolnensis Zone. Proceedings of the California Academy of Sciences 7(6):157-192

Belongs to Actaeon according to R. E. Dickerson 1917

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 ovoides, Acteon parvum, Acteon pistilliformis, Acteon politus, Acteon rakhiensis, 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 calvertensis, Actaeon inornatus, Actaeon argentinus, Actaeon latus, Actaeon shilohensis, Actaeon kirkerensis, Actaeon globosus, Actaeon blanckenhorni, Actaeon merriami, Actaeon pusillus, Tornatella (Actaeon) pomilia, Actaeon lenzi, Actaeon lawsoni, Actaeon reussi, Actaeon pusilla, Actaeon andersoni

Type specimen: CAS 401 and 402 (cotypes). Its type locality is CAS loc. 181, Cowlitz River, 4mi E. of Vader, which is in an Eocene coastal sandstone/conglomerate in Washington.

Ecology: epifaunal carnivore

Distribution: found only at CAS loc. 181, Cowlitz River, 4mi E. of Vader

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