Type specimens of fossil " Architectibranchia " and Cephalaspidea (Mollusca, Heterobranchia) in the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia
Author
Cunha, Carlo M.
Author
Salvador, Rodrigo B.
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Zoosystematics and Evolution
2018
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http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zse.94.27401
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http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zse.94.27401
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Acteon punctatus Lea, 1833
Figure 2
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Acteon punctatus
Lea, 1833: 111, pl. 4, fig. 96.
Type locality.
Claiborne Bluff, Alabama River, Monroe County, Alabama, USA; stratum: Gosport Sand (uppermost Claiborne Group); age: Eocene.
Type material.
Syntypes, ANSP IP5537, 1 shell (as
"holotype"
in
Richards 1968
: 179, and in
Palmer and Brann 1966
: 482), ANSP IP5538, 1 shell, ANSP IP5539, 1 shell, ANSP IP5540, 1 shell (as
"paratype"
in
Richards 1968
: 179).
Current taxonomic status.
Valid as
Acteon pomilius punctatus
Lea, 1833 (
Palmer and Brann 1966
), but possible synonym of
Acteon pomilius
Conrad, 1833 (
Harris 1895a
).