Acteon otamateaensis

Acteon otamateaensis
Scientific classification
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]

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.

External links

• Laws, C.R. (1941) The molluscan faunule at Pakaurangi Point, Kaipara. No. 2. Transactions of the Royal Society of New Zealand, 71, 134-151, pls. 16-19.