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Trochactaeon (Trochactaeon) packardi

Gastropoda - Heterostropha - Acteonidae

Taxonomy
Acteonella packardi was named by Anderson (1958). It is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is UCMP loc. 2158, Santa Ana Mountains, which is in a Turonian/Campanian marine horizon in California.

It was recombined as Trochactaeon (Trochactaeon) packardi by Saul and Squires (2002).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
T. pojarkovae, T. giganteus, T. projectiliformis

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1958Acteonella packardi Anderson p. 160 figs. Plate 29, figures 4, 4a, 4b
2002Trochactaeon (Trochactaeon) packardi Saul and Squires p. 389

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classGastropoda
RankNameAuthor
orderHeterostropha()
superfamilyActeonoidead'Orbigny 1835
familyActeonidaed'Orbigny 1835
subfamilyActeonellinaePcelincev 1954
genusTrochactaeonMeek 1863
subgenusTrochactaeonMeek 1863
speciespackardi()

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.

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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available