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Acteocina kirkwoodiana

Gastropoda - Opisthobranchiata - Cylichnidae

Taxonomy
Acteocina kirkwoodiana was named by Richards and Harbison (1944). Its type specimen is NJSM 10681, a shell, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Brandywine Lighthouse well, 385 ft [Kirkwood Fm], which is in a Miocene coastal siltstone/sandstone in the Kirkwood Formation of New Jersey.

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
A. inconspicua, A. rusa, A. sphalera, A. tabogaensis

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1944Acteocina kirkwoodiana Richards and Harbison p. 9 figs. figs. 1, 5, 6

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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
specieskirkwoodiana

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.

†Acteocina kirkwoodiana Richards and Harbison 1944
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: aragonitec
Locomotion: actively mobileg
Life habit: semi-infaunalg
Diet: carnivoreg
Vision: limitedc
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: Early/Lower Miocene or 23.03000 to 15.97000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Early/Lower Miocene23.03 - 15.97USA (New Jersey) Acteocina kirkwoodiana (type locality: 92762)