Actaeon merriami Waring 1917 (snail)

Gastropoda - Heterostropha - Acteonidae

Full reference: C. A. Waring. 1917. Stratigraphic and faunal relations of the Martinez to the Chico and Tejon of Southern California. Proceedings of the California Academy of Sciences 7(4):41-124

Belongs to Actaeon according to C. A. Waring 1917

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 rakhiensis, 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 kirkerensis, Actaeon reussi, Actaeon moodyi, Actaeon argentinus, Actaeon pusillus

Type specimen: Its type locality is Southwest of Santa Susana, which is in a Danian transition zone/lower shoreface sandstone in the Las Virgenes Formation of California

Ecology: epifaunal carnivore

Distribution:

• Paleocene of United States (1: California collection)

• Cretaceous of United States (1: California)

Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence

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