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Eoacteon

Gastropoda - Acteoninidae

Taxonomy
Eoacteon was named by Stephenson (1955) [Sepkoski's age data: K Ceno K Maes-u]. It is not extant.

It was assigned to Acteonininae by Sohl (1964); and to Cephalaspida by Sepkoski (2002).

Species
E. ellipticus, E. ithyocheilus, E. linteus, E. percultus
Species lacking formal opinion data
E. sublinearis

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1955Eoacteon Stephenson
1964Eoacteon Sohl p. 288
2002Eoacteon Sepkoski

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
RankNameAuthor
classGastropoda
subclassCaenogastropoda(Cox 1959)
—Sorbeoconcha(Ponder and Lindberg 1997)
superfamilyActeoninoideaCossmann 1895
familyActeoninidae(Pchelincev and Korobkov 1960)
subfamilyActeonininae
genusEoacteonStephenson 1955

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. †Eoacteon Stephenson 1955
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†Eoacteon ellipticus Wade 1926
†Eoacteon ithyocheilus Sohl 1964
†Eoacteon linteus Conrad 1858
†Eoacteon percultus Sohl 1964
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: aragonitec
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Life habit: epifaunalc
Vision: limitedc
Created: 2004-02-29 11:40:59
Modified: 2010-02-11 01:35:02
Source: c = class
Reference: Kiessling 2004

Age range: base of the Late/Upper Cenomanian to the top of the Early/Lower Maastrichtian or 100.50000 to 66.00000 Ma

Collections (34 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Cenomanian100.5 - 93.9USA (Arizona) E. sp. (53486)
Early/Lower Campanian - Middle Campanian83.6 - 72.2USA (Mississippi) E. ithyocheilus (6660 32141)
Late/Upper Campanian83.6 - 72.2USA (Colorado) E. sublinearis (162249)
Late/Upper Campanian83.6 - 72.2USA (Delaware) E. percultus (6171 6172)
Late/Upper Campanian83.6 - 72.2USA (Tennessee) Acteon linteus (88357)
Middle Campanian83.6 - 72.2USA (Texas) E. linteus (7466 7467)
Late/Upper Campanian - Early/Lower Maastrichtian83.6 - 66.0USA (Tennessee) E. ellipticus, E. percultus (7515)
Early/Lower Maastrichtian72.2 - 66.0USA (Alabama) E. sp. (4270 4276 4283)
Early/Lower Maastrichtian72.2 - 66.0USA (Georgia) E. linteus (4265 4267 4268 4277 4282 4336)
Late/Upper Maastrichtian72.2 - 66.0USA (Maryland) E. linteus (4369) E. sp. (4368)
Late/Upper Maastrichtian72.2 - 66.0USA (Texas) E. sp. (4414 4441)
Late/Upper Maastrichtian72.2 - 66.0USA (Alabama) E. sp. (4214 4215 4216 83225)
Late/Upper Maastrichtian72.2 - 66.0USA (Missouri) E. linteus (4385)
Late/Upper Maastrichtian72.2 - 66.0USA (Mississippi) E. linteus (4126 4127) E. sp. (4160 4163 4164)
Maastrichtian72.2 - 66.0USA (Tennessee) E. sp. (205445)