Acteon laevigatus

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Acteon laevigatus
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Shell of † Acteon laevigatus (specimen at the Natural History Museum, Rotterdam)
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Heterobranchia
Superfamily: Acteonoidea
Family: Acteonidae
Genus: Acteon
Species:
†A. laevigatus
Binomial name
†Acteon laevigatus
(Grateloup, 1828)
Synonyms

† Tornatella laevigataGrateloup, 1828

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

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Description

The length of the shell attains 4 mm.

Distribution

Fossils of this marine species have been found in Miocene strata near Werder, Lower Saxony, Germany and in Gelderland, the Netherlands.

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References

  1. ↑ MolluscaBase eds. (2024). MolluscaBase. Acteon laevigatus (Grateloup, 1828) †. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1581810 on 2024-04-06


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