Acteon otamateaensis

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Acteon otamateaensis
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Domain: Eukaryota
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]

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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 .