| Acteon otamateaensis | |
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Scientific classification
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Heterobranchia |
| Family: | Acteonidae |
| Genus: | Acteon |
| Species: | †A. otamateaensis
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| Binomial name | |
| †Acteon otamateaensis
Laws, 1941
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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.
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Distribution
Fossils of this marine species have been found in Tertiary strata in Kaipara, New Zealand
References
- 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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| Acteon otamateaensis | |
|---|---|
|
Scientific classification
| |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Heterobranchia |
| 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.
|
| This section needs expansion. You can help by
adding to it. (April 2024) |
Distribution
Fossils of this marine species have been found in Tertiary strata in Kaipara, New Zealand
References
- 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.
External links
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