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Sulcoactaeon ✝

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Source Data

Source	ID	Link
Global Biodiversity Information Facility ID (GBIF)	4599771	https://www.gbif.org/species/4599771
PaleoBioDB ID (PBDB)	12014	https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=12014

Rank

genus

Taxonomy (GBIF)

Life : Animalia : Mollusca : Gastropoda : Cephalaspidea : Aplustridae : Sulcoactaeon

Taxonomy (PBDB)

Life : Animalia : Mollusca : Gastropoda : Architectibranchia : Bullinidae : Sulcoactaeon

Taxonomic Status (GBIF)

doubtful

Classification
(PBDB,GBIF)

Rank	Name	Author
-	Eukaryota
-	Opisthokonta	Cavalier-Smith 1987
kingdom	Animalia
-	Bilateria
-	Eubilateria	Ax 1987
-	Protostomia	Grobben 1908
-	Spiralia
superphylum	Lophotrochozoa
phylum	Mollusca	Linnaeus 1758
class	Gastropoda	Cuvier 1797
order	Heterostropha
order	Architectibranchia	Haszprunar 1985
superfamily	Acteonoidea	d'Orbigny 1835
family	Bullinidae	Lamarck 1801
genus	Sulcoactaeon	Cossmann 1895

Scientific Name

Sulcoactaeon Cossmann, 1895

Name Published In

Essais Paléoconch. comp., 1

Opinions (PBDB)

Name	Rank	Opinion	Evidence	Author
Sulcoactaeon	genus	belongs to Cephalaspida	second hand	Sepkoski, 2002
Sulcoactaeon	genus	belongs to Bullinidae	stated without evidence	Gründel and Kaim, 2006
Sulcoactaeon	genus	belongs to Bullinidae	stated with evidence	Gründel and Nützel, 2012

Status (PBDB)

extinct

Taxon Size (PBDB)

First Recorded Appearance

176 - 172 Ma
Jurassic

Last Recorded Appearance

125 - 113 Ma
Early/Lower Cretaceous

Motility

actively mobile (based on Acteonoidea)

Vision

limited (based on Gastropoda)

Diet

carnivore (based on Acteonoidea)

Taphonomy

aragonite (based on Gastropoda)

Primary Reference (PBDB)

J. J. Sepkoski, Jr. 2002. A compendium of fossil marine animal genera. Bulletins of American Paleontology 363:1-560

Fossil Distribution

Subtaxa

Name	Status	Common Name(s)	Fossil Occurrences	Oldest	Youngest
Actaeonina striata species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Sulcoactaeon erratica species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Sulcoactaeon grayensis species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Sulcoactaeon striata ✝ species	listed (PBDB)		2	166 Ma Middle Jurassic	166 Ma Middle Jurassic
Sulcoactaeon viadrinus ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		1	161 Ma Jurassic	161 Ma Jurassic

Obsolete Names

Name	Source	Taxon Rank	Taxonomy
Sulcoactaeonina Cossmann, 1895	GBIF	genus	Animalia : Mollusca : Gastropoda : Cephalaspidea : Aplustridae : *Sulcoactaeonina*
Sulcactaeon Schmidt, 1905	GBIF	genus	Animalia : Mollusca : Gastropoda : Cephalaspidea : Aplustridae : *Sulcactaeon*

Synonymy List

Year	Name and Author
1997	Ragactaeon Gründel p. 194 figs. pl. 7, figs. 4-7
2002	Sulcoactaeon Sepkoski, Jr.
2006	Sulcoactaeon Gründel and Kaim p. 150
2012	Sulcoactaeon Gründel and Nützel pp. 47 - 48

References

Sepkoski, Jr. J. J. (2002) A compendium of fossil marine animal genera, Bulletins of American Paleontology 363, 1-560

Gründel J. (1997) Heterostropha (Gastropoda) aus dem Dogger Norddeutschlands und Nordpolens. III. Opisthobranchia, Berliner geowissenschaftliche Abhandlungen, Reihe E 25, 177-223

Gründel J., Kaim A. (2006) Shallow-water gastropods from Late Oxfordian sands in Kleby (Pomerania, Poland), Acta Geologica Polonica 56 2, 121-157

Gründel J., Nützel A. (2012) On the early evolution (Late Triassic to Late Jurassic) of the Architectibranchia (Gastropoda: Heterobranchia), with a provisional classification, Neues Jahrbuch für Geologie und Paläontologie - Abhandlungen 264 1, 31-59 doi:10.1127/0077-7749/2012/0230

Essais Paléoconch. comp., 1 - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera

GBIF/Paleo Database - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera

Nomenclator Zoologicus. A list of the names of genera and subgenera in zoology from the tenth edition of Linnaeus, 1758 to the end of 2004. Digitised by uBio from vols. 1-9 of Neave (ed.), 1939-1996 plus supplementary digital-only volume. http://ubio.org/NomenclatorZoologicus (as at 2006). - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera

Sepkoski, J. J., Jr. (2002). A compendium of fossil marine animal genera. Bulletins of American Paleontology. 363, 1-560. - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera

Data courtesy of: PBDB: The Paleobiology Database, Creative Commons CC-BY licenced. , GBIF: the Global Biodiversity Information Facility, various licences, iDigBio, various licences, and EOL: The Encyclopedia of Life (Open Data Public Domain). Because fossils are made of minerals too!

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