Acteon rakhiensis Eames 1952 (snail)

Gastropoda - Heterostropha - Acteonidae

Full reference: F. E. Eames. 1952. A contribution to the study of the Eocene in Western Pakistan and Western India: C. The description of the Scaphopoda and Gastropoda from standard sections in the Rakhi Nala and Zindar Pir areas of the Western Punjab and in the Kohat District. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London Series B 236:1-168

Belongs to Acteon according to F. E. Eames 1952

Sister taxa: Acteon (Acteon), Acteon annectens, Acteon arnumensis, Acteon bajoensis, Acteon boulderanus, Acteon chattonensis, Acteon chehalisensis, Acteon chipolanus, Acteon cicatricosus, Acteon costaricensis, Acteon eurystoma, Acteon ghossi, Acteon hamadryados, Acteon idoneus, Acteon korphys, Acteon korphys, Acteon luculi, Acteon ovoides, Acteon parvum, Acteon pistilliformis, Acteon politus, Acteon semilaevis, Acteon simiensis, Acteon subulatus, Acteon sullivanae, Acteon susanaensis, Acteon teramachii, Acteon textilis, Acteon tornatilis, Acteon traskii, Acteon umpquaensis, Acteon vacavillensis, Acteon venturaensis, Acteon virgatus, Actaeon inornatus, Actaeon shilohensis, Actaeon lenzi, Actaeon andersoni, Actaeon latus, Tornatella (Actaeon) pomilia, Actaeon globosus, Actaeon pusilla, Actaeon calvertensis, Actaeon lawsoni, Actaeon blanckenhorni, Actaeon merriami, Actaeon kirkerensis, Actaeon reussi, Actaeon moodyi, Actaeon argentinus, Actaeon pusillus

Type specimen: BMNH G.68405, a shell. Its type locality is Fossil Bed F.1995, Rakhi Nala, which is in a Bartonian marine shale in the Drazinda Formation of Pakistan.

Ecology: epifaunal carnivore

Distribution: found only at Fossil Bed F.1995, Rakhi Nala

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