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Rictaxis

Gastropoda - Heterostropha - Acteonidae

Taxonomy
Rictaxis was named by Dall (1871) [Sepkoski's age data: K Sant-l R]. It is extant.

It was reranked as Actaeon (Rictaxis) by Dall (1896); it was reranked as Acteon (Rictaxis) by Oldroyd (1925) and Addicott (1970).

It was assigned to Actaeon by Dall (1896); to Acteon by Oldroyd (1925) and Addicott (1970); to Cephalaspida by Sepkoski (2002); and to Acteonidae by Olsson and Harbison (1953), Todd (2001) and Rosenberg (2005).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1871Rictaxis Dall
1896Actaeon (Rictaxis) Dall p. 23
1925Acteon (Rictaxis) Oldroyd p. 9
1953Rictaxis Olsson and Harbison p. 158
1970Acteon (Rictaxis) Addicott p. 137
2001Rictaxis Todd
2002Rictaxis Sepkoski
2005Rictaxis Rosenberg

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

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. Rictaxis Dall 1871
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Acteon (Rictaxis) weaveri Addicott 1970
Rictaxis fusulus Dall 1896
Rictaxis oryza Gabb 1872
Rictaxis punctocaelatus Carpenter 1864
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available