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Colostracon (Ovactaeonina)

Gastropoda - Acteoninidae

Taxonomy
Ovactaeonina was named by Cossmann (1895) [Sepkoski's age data: Tr Olen-u K Sn Sepkoski's reference number: 1130].

It was reranked as Actaeonina (Ovactaeonina) by Spath (1947); it was reranked as Acteonina (Ovactaeonina) by Melville (1956); it was reranked as Colostracon (Ovactaeonina) by Kase (1984).

It was assigned to Actaeonina by Spath (1947); to Acteonina by Melville (1956); to Colostracon by Kase (1984); and to Cephalaspida by Sepkoski (2002).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1895Ovactaeonina Cossmann
1947Actaeonina (Ovactaeonina) Spath p. 31
1956Acteonina (Ovactaeonina) Melville
1984Colostracon (Ovactaeonina) Kase p. 169
2002Ovactaeonina Sepkoski

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classGastropoda
RankNameAuthor
subclassCaenogastropoda(Cox 1959)
Sorbeoconcha(Ponder and Lindberg 1997)
superfamilyActeoninoideaCossmann 1895
familyActeoninidae(Pchelincev and Korobkov 1960)
subfamilyActeonininae
genusColostraconHamlin 1884
subgenusOvactaeonina(Cossmann 1895)

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.

Subg. †Colostracon (Ovactaeonina) Cossmann 1895
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Ovactaeonina abdominiformis Schröder 1995
Ovactaeonina gracilis Assmann 1924
Ovactaeonina kalchreuthensis Gründel and Nützel 1998
Ovactaeonina malzi Schröder 1995
Ovactaeonina pommerana Grundel 1999
Ovactaeonina scalaria Münster 1841
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Invalid names: Actaeonina subscalaris Laube 1868 [synonym], Oliva alpina Klipstein 1843 [synonym], Tornatella abbreviata Klipstein 1843 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available