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Rictaxis fusulus

Gastropoda - Heterostropha - Acteonidae

Taxonomy
Actaeon (Rictaxis) fusulus was named by Dall (1896) [DISTRIBUTION: Early Miocene; Florida.]. Its type specimen is USNM 113863, a shell, and it is not a trace fossil.

It was recombined as Actaeon fusulus by Dall (1903); it was recombined as Acteon fusulus by Gardner (1947); it was recombined as Rictaxis fusulus by Hendy et al. (2008).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1896Actaeon (Rictaxis) fusulus Dall p. 23
1903Actaeon fusulus Dall p. 1632
1947Acteon fusulus Gardner
2008Rictaxis fusulus Hendy et al.

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
RankNameAuthor
classGastropoda
orderHeterostropha()
superfamilyActeonoidead'Orbigny 1835
familyActeonidaed'Orbigny 1835
genusRictaxisDall 1871
speciesfusulus(Dall 1896)

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.

Rictaxis fusulus Dall 1896
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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: Kiessling 2004, Hendy et al. 2009

Age range: base of the Burdigalian to the top of the Serravallian or 20.45000 to 11.63000 Ma

Collections (3 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Burdigalian20.45 - 15.98USA (Florida) Acteon fusulus (41760)
Serravallian13.82 - 11.63USA (Florida) Acteon fusulus (111204 136943)