MolluscaBase - Actinoceramus Meek, 1864 †

MolluscaBase taxon details

Actinoceramus Meek, 1864 †

AphiaID

1821094 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:1821094)

Classification

Status

accepted

Rank

Genus

Type taxon

Inoceramus sulcatus J. Parkinson, 1819 † accepted as Actinoceramus sulcatus (J. Parkinson, 1819) †

Parent

Inoceramidae Giebel, 1852 †

Original name

Inoceramus (Actinoceramus) Meek, 1864 †

Synonymised names

Inoceramus (Actinoceramus) Meek, 1864 † · unaccepted > superseded rank

Direct children (3)

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Environment

marine, ~~brackish~~, ~~fresh~~, ~~terrestrial~~

Fossil range

fossil only

Grammatical gender

masculine

Original description

(of Inoceramus (Actinoceramus) Meek, 1864 †) Meek, F.B. (1864). Checklist of the invertebrate fossils of North America. Cretaceous and Jurassic. <em>Smithsonian Miscellaneous Collections.</em> 177: ii + 1–40 p., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/8817685
page(s): 10, 32 [details]

Taxonomic citation

MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Actinoceramus Meek, 1864 †. Accessed at: https://molluscabase.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1821094 on 2025-09-12

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2025-07-04 08:59:36Z

created

Collins, Katie

2025-07-05 15:27:20Z

changed

Bouchet, Philippe

Licensing

The webpage text is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License

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Sources (1)

original description (of Inoceramus (Actinoceramus) Meek, 1864 †) Meek, F.B. (1864). Checklist of the invertebrate fossils of North America. Cretaceous and Jurassic. <em>Smithsonian Miscellaneous Collections.</em> 177: ii + 1–40 p., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/8817685
page(s): 10, 32 [details]