Acteon otamateaensis

Acteon otamateaensis
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Family: Acteonidae
Genus: Acteon
Species:
†A. otamateaensis
Binomial name
†Acteon otamateaensis
Laws, 1941

Acteon otamateaensis is an extinct species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Acteonidae.[1]

Description

The length of the shell (spire missing) attains 4 mm, its diameter 2.4 mm.

Distribution

Fossils of this marine species have been found in Tertiary strata in Kaipara, New Zealand

References

  1. ^ "Acteon otamateaensis Laws, 1941". Global Biodiversity Information Facility.
  • Maxwell, P. A. (2009). Cenozoic Mollusca. Pp 232-254 in Gordon, D. P. (ed.) New Zealand inventory of biodiversity. Volume one. Kingdom Animalia: Radiata, Lophotrochozoa, Deuterostomia. Canterbury University Press, Christchurch.


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