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Acteon politus

Gastropoda - Heterostropha - Acteonidae

Taxonomy

Ringinella polita was named by Gabb (1869).

It was recombined as Acteon politus by Stewart (1927), Anderson (1938), Anderson (1958).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

A. albensis, A. andinus, A. australis, A. australis, A. bathurstensis, A. bevaletii, A. chilensis, A. claibornensis, A. claibornicola, A. claibornincola, A. conicus, A. costellatus, A. cretacea, A. curtus, A. dahanaensis, A. danicus, A. deshayesi, A. elegans, A. ellipticus, A. eoantarcticus, A. formosus, A. ghoshi, A. inflatus, A. laevigatus, A. levidensis, A. menthafons, A. meyeri, A. modicellus, A. noae, A. petricolus, A. pinguis, A. pistiliformis, A. pomilis, A. pomilis, A. pomilius, A. pomilius, A. praecursorius, A. procerus, A. procraterioulatus, A. propinguis, A. pseudotypica, A. punctatosulcata, A. punctatosulcatus, A. punctatus, A. punctulatu, A. punctulatus, A. scrobiculatus, A. semispiralis, A. semistriatus, A. semistriatus, A. subaldrichi, A. subinflatus, A. substriatus, A. tampae, A. tenuiplicatus, A. throckmortoni, A. tornantilis, A. turgidus, A. vaughani, A. wangaloa, A. laevigatus, A. semistriatus, A. tampae

Synonymy list

Year	Name and author
1869	Ringinella polita Gabb p. 174 figs. PI. 28, Fig. 60
1927	Acteon politus Stewart p. 431 figs. Plate XXIV, figs. 18, 19
1938	Acteon politus Anderson p. 136
1958	Acteon politus Anderson p. 156

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Rank	Name	Author
kingdom	Animalia	()
—	Bilateria
—	Eubilateria	Ax 1987
—	Protostomia
—	Spiralia
superphylum	Lophotrochozoa
phylum	Mollusca

Rank	Name	Author
class	Gastropoda
order	Heterostropha	()
superfamily	Acteonoidea	d'Orbigny 1835
family	Acteonidae	d'Orbigny 1835
genus	Acteon	Montfort 1810
species	politus	()

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.

†Acteon politus Gabb 1869

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Diagnosis

No diagnoses are available

Measurements

No measurements are available

Composition:

aragonitec

Locomotion:

actively mobilef

Life habit:

epifaunalf

Diet:

carnivoref

Vision:

limitedc

Created:

2009-09-10 07:23:29

Modified:

2009-09-10 09:23:29

Source: f = family, c = class

References: Hendy et al. 2009, Kiessling 2004

Age range: base of the Cenomanian to the top of the Turonian or 100.50000 to 89.80000 Ma

Collections (18 total)

Time interval	Ma	Country or state	Original ID and collection number
Cenomanian	100.5 - 93.9	USA (California)	Acteon politus (167603)
Turonian	93.9 - 89.8	USA (California)	Acteon politus (44196 44201 207521 215285 215618 220338 220340 222076 222092 222093 222100 222102 222103 222105 222106 222107 222108)