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Acteon textilis

Gastropoda - Heterostropha - Acteonidae

Taxonomy
Tornatella textilis was named by Guppy (1873) [DISTRIBUTION: Early Miocene-Early Pliocene; Florida, circum-Caribbean.]. Its type specimen is USNM 115434, a shell, and it is not a trace fossil.

It was recombined as Actaeon textilis by Dall (1903); it was recombined as Acteon textilis by Gardner (1947) and Hendy et al. (2008).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1873Tornatella textilis Guppy p. 77 figs. pl. 1, fig. 4
1903Actaeon textilis Dall p. 1582
1947Acteon textilis Gardner p. 259
2008Acteon textilis Hendy et al.

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
RankNameAuthor
classGastropoda
orderHeterostropha()
superfamilyActeonoidead'Orbigny 1835
familyActeonidaed'Orbigny 1835
genusActeonMontfort 1810
speciestextilis(Guppy 1873)

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Acteon textilis Guppy 1873
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Diagnosis
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