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Eoacteon ellipticus

Gastropoda - Acteoninidae

Taxonomy
Eoacteon ellipticus was named by Wade (1926) [m. kosnik taxon no: 3077].

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1926Eoacteon ellipticus Wade
1964Eoacteon ellipticus Sohl p. 290

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classGastropoda
RankNameAuthor
subclassCaenogastropoda(Cox 1959)
—Sorbeoconcha(Ponder and Lindberg 1997)
superfamilyActeoninoideaCossmann 1895
familyActeoninidae(Pchelincev and Korobkov 1960)
subfamilyActeonininae
genusEoacteonStephenson 1955
speciesellipticusWade 1926

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.

†Eoacteon ellipticus Wade 1926
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: aragonitec
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Life habit: epifaunalc
Vision: limitedc
Created: 2004-02-29 11:40:59
Modified: 2010-02-11 01:35:02
Source: c = class
Reference: Kiessling 2004

Age range: base of the Late/Upper Campanian to the top of the Early/Lower Maastrichtian or 83.50000 to 66.00000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Campanian - Early/Lower Maastrichtian83.5 - 66.0USA (Tennessee) Eoacteon ellipticus (7515)