Gastropoda - Pseudomelanoidea - Pseudomelaniidae
Alternative combinations: Acteonina californica, Oonia californica, Trajanella californica
Synonyms: Acteonina bellavistana Anderson 1958, Acteonina berryessensis Anderson 1958, Acteonina roguensis Anderson 1958, Acteonina yrekensis Anderson 1958
Full reference: W. M. Gabb. 1864. Description of the Cretaceous fossils. Geological Survey of California Palaeontology 1:57-217
Belongs to Paosia according to J. W. Haggart et al. 2005
See also Anderson 1958, Gabb 1864, Jones et al. 1978, Murphy and Rodda 1960, Squires and Saul 2004 and Stewart 1927
Sister taxa: Paosia acuminata, Paosia calafia, Paosia colusaensis, Paosia pentzensis, Paosia ursula
Type specimens:
- Paosia californica: CAS 31918 (neotype). Its type locality is CAS loc. 31918, Thompson Creek, which is in a Turonian marine horizon in the Yolo Formation of California.
- Acteonina bellavistana: Its type locality is CAS Loc. 1293A - Millville [Member II], which is in a Turonian marine siliciclastic in the Redding Formation of California.
- Acteonina berryessensis: Its type locality is Pacheco Group - Thomson Creek, Yolo, which is in a Turonian marine horizon in California.
- Acteonina roguensis: Its type locality is CAS Loc. 445 - Phoenix, which is in a Turonian coastal siliciclastic in Oregon.
- Acteonina yrekensis: Its type locality is CAS loc. 61847, Old Hagerdorn ranch, 8 miles northeast of Yreka, which is in a Turonian marine siliciclastic in the Hornbrook Formation of California.
Distribution:
• Cretaceous of Canada (2: British Columbia collections), United States (27: California, Oregon)
Total: 29 collections including 32 occurrences
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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