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Acteon

Gastropoda - Heterostropha - Acteonidae

Taxonomy
Acteon was named by Montfort (1810). It is extant.

It was assigned to Acteonininae by Sohl (1964); to Acteoninae by Kase (1984); to Cephalaspida by Sepkoski (2002); and to Acteonidae by Woodring (1928), Turner (1938), Durham (1944), Harris and Palmer (1947), Gardner (1948), Olsson and Harbison (1953), MacNeil (1960), Addicott (1970), Moore (1976), Gazdzicki and Pugaczewska (1984), Beu et al. (1990), Chiesa et al. (1995), Todd (2001), Kiel (2006) and Wienrich and Janssen (2007).

Species
Actaeon andersoni, Actaeon argentinus, Actaeon blanckenhorni, Actaeon calvertensis, Actaeon globosus, Actaeon inornatus, Actaeon kirkerensis, Actaeon latus, Actaeon lawsoni, Actaeon lenzi, Actaeon merriami, Actaeon parvum, Actaeon pusilla, Actaeon pusillus, Actaeon reussi, Actaeon shilohensis (syn. Actaeon punctostriatus), A. (Acteon), A. annectens, A. arnumensis, A. bajoensis, A. boulderanus, A. chattonensis, A. chehalisensis, A. chipolanus, A. cicatricosus, A. concinnus, A. costaricensis, A. eurystoma, A. ghossi, A. hamadryados, A. idoneus, A. korphys, A. korphys, A. luculi, A. ovoides, A. parvum, A. pistilliformis, A. politus, A. rakhiensis, A. semilaevis, A. simiensis, A. subulatus, A. sullivanae, A. susanaensis, A. teramachii, A. textilis, A. tornatilis, A. traskii, A. umpquaensis, A. vacavillensis, A. venturaensis, A. virgatus, Tornatella (Actaeon) pomilia
Species lacking formal opinion data
A. bathurstensis, A. claibornicola, A. conicus, A. costellatus, A. curtus, A. danicus, A. ellipticus, A. eoantarcticus, A. menthafons, A. meyeri, A. petricolus, A. pomilis, A. procraterioulatus, A. punctatus, A. quercus, A. semispiralis, A. subaldrichi, A. substriatus, A. tampae, A. tornantilis, A. vacavilleneis, A. wangaloa

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1810Acteon Montfort
1815Actaeon Oken
1879Tornatella (Actaeon) Heilprin p. 222
1889Actaeon White p. 445
1904Actaeon Martin p. 131
1928Acteon Woodring p. 117
1938Acteon Turner p. 67
1944Acteon Durham p. 190
1947Acteon Harris and Palmer p. 453
1948Acteon Gardner p. 277
1953Acteon Olsson and Harbison p. 157
1960Acteon MacNeil p. 126
1964Acteon Sohl p. 287
1970Acteon Addicott p. 137
1976Acteon Moore p. 40
1984Acteon Gazdzicki and Pugaczewska p. 113
1984Acteon Kase p. 167
1990Acteon Beu et al. p. 421
1995Acteon Chiesa et al. p. 61
2001Acteon Todd
2002Actaeon Sepkoski
2002Acteon Sepkoski
2006Acteon Kiel p. 128
2007Acteon Wienrich and Janssen p. 767

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
RankNameAuthor
phylumMollusca
classGastropoda
orderHeterostropha()
superfamilyActeonoidead'Orbigny 1835
familyActeonidaed'Orbigny 1835
genusActeonMontfort 1810

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. Acteon Montfort 1810
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Subg. Acteon (Acteon) Montfort 1810
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†Acteon annectens Meyer 1885
†Acteon arnumensis Sorgenfrei 1958
†Acteon bajoensis Chiesa et al. 1995
†Acteon boulderanus Etherington 1931
†Acteon chattonensis Marwick 1929
†Acteon chehalisensis Weaver 1916
†Acteon chipolanus Dall 1896
†Acteon cicatricosus Sohl 1964
†Acteon concinnus Hall and Meek 1855
†Acteon costaricensis Olsson 1922
†Acteon eurystoma Woodring 1928
†Acteon ghossi Dey 1961
†Acteon hamadryados Maury 1910
†Acteon idoneus Conrad 1833
†Acteon korphys Gardner 1947
†Acteon korphys Gardner 1947
†Acteon luculi Maury 1910
†Acteon ovoides Conrad 1830
†Acteon parvum Dickerson 1917
†Acteon pistilliformis Sohl 1964
†Acteon politus Gabb 1869
†Acteon rakhiensis Eames 1952
†Acteon semilaevis Ortmann 1900
†Acteon simiensis Nelson 1925
†Acteon subulatus Wood 1842
†Acteon sullivanae Murphy and Rodda 1960
†Acteon susanaensis Nelson 1925
†Acteon textilis Guppy 1873
Acteon tornatilis Linnaeus 1758
Acteon traskii Stearns 1897
†Acteon umpquaensis Turner 1938
†Acteon vacavillensis Palmer 1923
†Acteon venturaensis Nelson 1925
†Acteon virgatus Reeve 1835
Invalid names: Actaeon Oken 1815 [replaced]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
partNmeanminimummaximummedians.d.
height185.703.5011.06.001.53

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: Hendy et al. 2009, Kiessling 2004

Age range

Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Toarcian to the top of the Late/Upper Pleistocene or 182.70000 to 0.01170 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 174.1 Ma

Collections (467 total)

Oldest occurrences

Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Toarcian182.7 - 174.1Chile (Atacama) A. sp. (221805)
Late/Upper Berriasian - Valanginian145.0 - 132.9Germany Actaeon sp. (95087)
Cretaceous145.0 - 66.0USA (Nebraska) A. concinnus (235728)
Late/Upper Valanginian140.2 - 136.4Poland (Lodzkie) Actaeon sp. 1 (64834 64835 64836 64837 64838 64839 64840 64841 64842 64843 64845)
Valanginian139.8 - 132.9Switzerland Actaeon albensis (2221)
Early/Lower Hauterivian136.4 - 130.0Argentina (Neuquen) A. andinus (47202)
Hauterivian132.9 - 129.4Switzerland Actaeon marullensis (2200) Actaeon marullensis, Actaeon albensis, Actaeon ringens (2198)
Hauterivian132.9 - 129.4France Actaeon ringens (2199 2203)
Hauterivian132.9 - 129.4Chile (Coquimbo) Actaeon sp. (222008)
Barremian129.4 - 125.0Germany A. albensis (67179)
Late/Upper Aptian122.46 - 113.0Japan A. sp. (91288 91303)
Late/Upper Aptian122.46 - 113.0Angola Actaeon lenzi (210857)
Albian113.0 - 100.5Madagascar Actaeon berambensis (98244)
Early/Lower Albian112.03 - 109.0Madagascar (Mahajanga) Actaeon sp. (60072)
Late/Upper Albian105.3 - 99.6Egypt A. sp. (140609)
Late/Upper Albian - Cenomanian105.3 - 93.9Egypt A. sp. (150737)
Cenomanian100.5 - 93.9USA (California) A. politus (167603)
Early/Lower Cenomanian99.6 - 93.5USA (California) A. sullivanae (1797)
Late/Upper Cenomanian99.6 - 93.5USA (Arizona) A. propinguis (53486 54145)
Middle Cenomanian99.6 - 93.5Australia (Northern Territory) A. bathurstensis (13946)