Acteon punctatus Lea, 1833

Cunha, Carlo M. & Salvador, Rodrigo B., 2018, Type specimens of fossil " Architectibranchia " and Cephalaspidea (Mollusca, Heterobranchia) in the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia, Zoosystematics and Evolution 94 (2), pp. 505-527 : 505

publication ID	https://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zse.94.27401
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scientific name	Acteon punctatus Lea, 1833
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Treatment

Acteon punctatus Lea, 1833 Figure 2 Q–R

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).