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Kleinacteon moodyi

Gastropoda - Opisthobranchia

Taxonomy
Actaeon moodyi was named by Dickerson (1916). It is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is UCMP loc. 672, Parsons Peak, which is in a Ypresian marine sandstone in the Domengine Formation of California. It is the type species of Kleinacteon.

It was recombined as Acteon moodyi by Turner (1938); it was recombined as Kleinacteon moodyi by Vokes (1939).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1916Actaeon moodyi Dickerson p. 488 figs. Plate 38, figures 10a, 10b
1938Acteon moodyi Turner p. 67
1939Kleinacteon moodyi Vokes p. 109 figs. Plate 16, Figure 24

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
RankNameAuthor
phylumMollusca
classGastropoda
orderOpisthobranchia(Milne-Edwards 1848)
orderCephalaspida(Fischer 1883)
genusKleinacteon
speciesmoodyi()

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.

Kleinacteon moodyi Dickerson 1916
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Diagnosis
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Measurements
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Composition: aragonitec
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Life habit: epifaunalc
Vision: limitedc
Created: 2004-02-29 11:40:59
Modified: 2010-02-11 01:35:02
Source: c = class
Reference: Kiessling 2004

Age range: Ypresian or 56.00000 to 47.80000 Ma

Collections (2 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Ypresian56.0 - 47.8USA (California) Actaeon moodyi (type locality: 122656)
Ypresian56.0 - 47.8USA (Oregon) Acteon moodyi (200873)