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Acteocina (barrel-bubble)

Gastropoda - Opisthobranchiata - Cylichnidae

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1847Acteocina Gray
1928Acteocina Woodring p. 119
1931Retusa (Acteocina) Grant, IV and Gale p. 446
1948Acteocina Gardner p. 278
1953Acteocina Olsson and Harbison p. 159
1958Acteocina DuBar p. 190
1964Acteocina Olsson p. 74
1987Acteocina Ward and Blackwelder p. 132
2001Acteocina Todd
2002Acteocina Harzhauser and Kowalke p. 74
2002Acteocina Sepkoski

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
RankNameAuthor
classGastropoda
orderOpisthobranchiata(Milne-Edwards 1848)
orderCephalaspideaFischer 1883
superfamilyPhilinoideaGray 1850
familyCylichnidaeAdams 1850
genusActeocinaGray 1847

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

G. Acteocina Gray 1847 [barrel-bubble]
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Acteocina anetaspira Woodring 1928
Acteocina bidentata d'Orbigny 1841
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Invalid names: Cylichnella mareana Weisbord 1962 [synonym]
Acteocina bullata Kiener 1834
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Invalid names: Acteocina subbullata Pilsbry and Johnson 1917 [synonym]
Acteocina candei d'Orbigny 1841
Acteocina cederstromi Richards 1947
Acteocina cerealis Gould 1853 [grain barrel-bubble]
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Invalid names: Tornatina eximia Baird 1863 [synonym]
Acteocina chowanensis Richards 1947
Acteocina culcitella Gould 1853 [pillow barrel-bubble]
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Invalid names: Acteocina pedroensis Oldroyd 1925 [synonym]
Acteocina harpa Dall 1871 [harp baby-bubble]
Acteocina inculta Gould 1855 [rude barrel-bubble]
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Invalid names: Acteocina smirna Dall 1919 [synonym], Coelophysis carinata Carpenter 1857 [synonym]
Acteocina infrequens Adams 1852 [Magdalena barrel bubble]
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Invalid names: Acteocina anomala Willett 1945 [synonym], Acteocina magdalenensis Dall 1919 [synonym], Tornatina tumida Olrdoyd 1921 [synonym]
Acteocina kirkwoodiana Richards and Harbison 1944
Acteocina lajonkaireana Basterot 1825
Acteocina lepta Woodring 1928
Acteocina puruha Pilsbry and Olsson 1941
Acteocina recta d'Orbigny 1845
Acteocina sandwicensis Pease 1860
Retusa (Acteocina) angustior Baker and Hanna 1927
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: aragonitec
Locomotion: actively mobileg
Life habit: semi-infaunalg
Diet: carnivoreg
Vision: limitedc
Comments: "predator on bivalves and foraminiferans...Acteocina canaliculata burrows into the top few millimeters of the substratum..."g
Created: 2018-03-27 14:01:02
Modified: 2018-03-27 14:01:02
Source: g = genus, c = class
References: Chester 1993, Kiessling 2004

Age range

Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Late/Upper Barremian to the top of the Holocene or 125.77000 to 0.00000 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 121.4 Ma

Collections (342 total)

Oldest occurrences

Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Barremian125.77 - 121.4France (DrĂ´me) Acteocina tenuistriata (177726)
Danian66.0 - 61.66Greenland Acteocina sp. (22943)
Danian66.0 - 61.66Denmark Acteocina sp. (176994)
Danian66.0 - 61.66USA (Texas) Acteocina sp. A (91778)
Danian - Selandian66.0 - 59.24USA (Texas) Acteocina sp. B (91775)
Paleocene66.0 - 56.0Denmark Acteocina plicatella (3121)
Paleocene66.0 - 56.0Germany Acteocina plicatella (3114)
Selandian61.66 - 59.24USA (Alabama) Acteocina leai (205427 205472)
Selandian61.66 - 59.24Greenland Acteocina sp. (22944)
Selandian61.66 - 59.24Denmark Acteocina sp. (35267)
Selandian - Thanetian61.66 - 56.0Japan (Hokkaido) Acteocina sp. (206290)
Thanetian59.24 - 56.0USA (Alabama) Acteocina leai (90439 92352)
Ypresian56.0 - 48.07USA (Alabama) Acteocina leai (91111)
Middle Eocene48.07 - 37.71USA (North Carolina) Acteocina sp. C (98983)
Bartonian41.03 - 37.71USA (Alabama) Acteocina commixta (90600)
Late/Upper Eocene37.71 - 33.9Mexico (Tamaulipas) Acteocina melinoides (43056 43057)
Late/Upper Eocene37.71 - 33.9Mexico (Nuevo Leon) Acteocina melinoides (43051)
Early/Lower Oligocene33.9 - 27.3France (Essonne) Acteocina exerta (9180 9181 9182 9183 9193 9266 9267 9268 9269)
Rupelian33.9 - 27.3USA (Mississippi) Acteocina crassiplica (5612 5943 5999 6005 66317 66319 66320 66321 66323 66327 66328 66329 66330 66331 66332 66333 66334 66335 179336 179346)
Oligocene33.9 - 23.04France (Essonne) Acteocina exerta (9270)