Acteon pomilius is an extinct species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Acteonidae.MolluscaBase eds. (2024). MolluscaBase. Acteon idoneus Conrad, 1833 †. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1353926 on 2024-04-04 Variety † Acteon pomilius var. multannulatus Aldrich, 1908 (taxon inquirendum)
Distribution Fossils of this marine species have been found in Eocene strata in Alabama, USA.
References
Cossmann (M.), 1893 - Notes complémentaires sur la faune éocènique de l'Alabama. Annales de Géologie et de Paléontologie, t. 12, p. 3-51 Palmer, van Winkle (K.), 1937 - The Claibornian Scaphopoda, Gastropoda and Dibranchiate Cephalopoda of the Southern United States. Bulletins of American Paleontology, t. 7, vol. 32, p. 3-548 Harris (G.D.) & Palmer (K.V.W.), 1947 - The Mollusca of the Jackson Eocene of the Mississippi embayment (Sabine River to Alabama River). Bulletins of American Paleontology, t. 30, vol. 117, p. 209-466
External links Conrad, T. A. (1833). Fossil shells of the Tertiary formations of North America, illustrated by figures drawn on stone from nature. Philadelphia: Judah Dobson, W. P. Gibbons, Printer. Vol. 1(3):29-38 pp; Vol. 1(4):39-46 pp. [Vol. 1(1):viii + 9-20, pls. 1-6 Lea, I. (1833). Contributions to Geology. 227 pp., 6 pls. Carey, Lea and Blanchard, Philadelphia