Acteon vacavillensis Palmer 1923 (snail)

Gastropoda - Heterostropha - Acteonidae

Full reference: D. B. K. Palmer. 1923. A fauna from the Middle Eocene shales near Vacaville, California. University of California Publications, Bulletin of the Department of Geological Sciences 14(8):289-318

Belongs to Acteon according to C. M. Wagner and K. H. Schilling 1923

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 eoantarcticus, 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 rakhiensis, Acteon semilaevis, Acteon simiensis, Acteon subulatus, Acteon sullivanae, Acteon susanaensis, Acteon teramachii, Acteon textilis, Acteon tornatilis, Acteon traskii, Acteon umpquaensis, Acteon venturaensis, Acteon virgatus, Actaeon latus, Actaeon argentinus, Actaeon reussi, Actaeon parvum, Actaeon lawsoni, Actaeon blanckenhorni, Actaeon lenzi, Tornatella (Actaeon) pomilia, Actaeon calvertensis, Actaeon andersoni, Actaeon impressus, Actaeon pusillus, Actaeon pusilla, Actaeon shilohensis, Actaeon inornatus, Actaeon kirkerensis, Actaeon globosus

Type specimen: UCCIP 30603, a shell. Its type locality is UCMP 3573 - NW of Vacaville, which is in a Ypresian offshore shale in California.

Ecology: epifaunal carnivore

Distribution: found only at UCMP 3573 - NW of Vacaville

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