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Actinoceras Bronn, 1835 †
325678 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:325678)
accepted
Genus
- Species Actinoceras carletonense Foerste, 1928 †
- Species Actinoceras gamachense Foerste, 1928 †
- Species Actinoceras serum Foerste, 1928 †
- Subgenus Actinoceras (Nybyoceras) Troedsson, 1926 † accepted as Nybyoceras Troedsson, 1926 † (unaccepted > superseded rank)
- Species Actinoceras (Nybyoceras) bekkeri Troedsson, 1926 † accepted as Nybyoceras bekkeri (Troedsson, 1926) † (unaccepted > superseded combination)
- Species Actinoceras hardmanni R. Etheridge, 1897 † accepted as Conistichoceras hardmanni (R. Etheridge, 1897) † (unaccepted > superseded combination)
- Species Actinoceras nanum Grabau, 1922 † accepted as Armenoceras nanum (Grabau, 1922) † (unaccepted > superseded combination)
- Species Actinoceras tani Grabau, 1922 † accepted as Armenoceras tani (Grabau, 1922) † (unaccepted > superseded combination)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
fossil only
neuter
Bronn, H. G. (1834-1838). Lethaea geognostica oder Abbildungen und Beschreibungen der für die Gebirgs-Formationen bezeichnendsten Versteinerungen. Vol. 1, pp. 1-544 (pp. 1-96 [1834]; 97-192 [1835]; 193-288, 384-480 [1836]; 481-544 [1838 (?1837)]. Vol. 2. pp. 545-1346 + 4 pp. unpaginated errata (pp. 545-768 [1837]; 769-1346 [1838]); Atlas, 47 pl. [1837]. Stuttgart, Schweitzerbart. , available online at https://catalog.hathitrust.org/Record/012306831 [details]
Taxonomy By the superficial resemblance of the fossilized siphon of Actinoceras bigsbyi, an ammonite, with the chitinous operculum...
Taxonomy By the superficial resemblance of the fossilized siphon of Actinoceras bigsbyi, an ammonite, with the chitinous operculum of the serpulid Pomatostegus actinoceras Mörch, 1863, the genus Actinoceras figured for a long time in Polychaete catalogues. [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Actinoceras Bronn, 1835 †. Accessed at: https://www.molluscabase.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=325678 on 2025-09-11
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Bronn, H. G. (1834-1838). Lethaea geognostica oder Abbildungen und Beschreibungen der für die Gebirgs-Formationen bezeichnendsten Versteinerungen. Vol. 1, pp. 1-544 (pp. 1-96 [1834]; 97-192 [1835]; 193-288, 384-480 [1836]; 481-544 [1838 (?1837)]. Vol. 2. pp. 545-1346 + 4 pp. unpaginated errata (pp. 545-768 [1837]; 769-1346 [1838]); Atlas, 47 pl. [1837]. Stuttgart, Schweitzerbart. , available online at https://catalog.hathitrust.org/Record/012306831 [details]
basis of record Fauchald, K. (2007). World Register of Polychaeta. , available online at http://www.marinespecies.org/polychaeta [details]
basis of record Fauchald, K. (2007). World Register of Polychaeta. , available online at http://www.marinespecies.org/polychaeta [details]
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Taxonomy By the superficial resemblance of the fossilized siphon of Actinoceras bigsbyi, an ammonite, with the chitinous operculum of the serpulid Pomatostegus actinoceras Mörch, 1863, the genus Actinoceras figured for a long time in Polychaete catalogues. [details]
