Trochactaeon

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Trochactaeon
Temporal range: Cretaceous
Trochactaeon conicus 01.jpg
Five views of a fossil shell of Trochactaeon conicus
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Mollusca
Class:
Gastropoda
(unranked):
clade Heterobranchia
informal group Lower Heterobranchia
Superfamily:
Acteonoidea
Family:
† Acteonellidae
Subfamily:
† Acteonellinae
Genus:
†Trochactaeon

Meek, 1863 [1]
Synonyms [2]
  • Actaeonella (Trochactaeon)Meek, 1863
  • Imbricaria (Sohlia)Cernohorsky, 1970
  • MesotrochactaeonHacobjan, 1972
  • MexicotrochactaeonHacobjan, 1972
  • Mitra (Sohlia)Cernohorsky, 1970
  • NeocylindritesKollmann, 1967
  • NeotrochactaeonHacobjan, 1972
  • PalaeotrochacteonHacobjan, 1972
  • PurpuractaeonHacobjan, 1963
  • SevanellaHacobjan, 1972
  • SpiractaeonMeek, 1863
  • Trochactaeon (Mexicotrochactaeon)Hacobjan, 1972
  • Trochactaeon (Neocylindrites)Kollmann, 1967
  • Trochactaeon (Sevanella)Hacobjan, 1972
  • Trochactaeon (Spiractaeon)Meek, 1863
  • Trochactaeon (Trochactaeon)Meek, 1863

Trochactaeon is an extinct genus of fossil sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Acteonellidae. The genus was named in 1863. [1]

The genus Trochactaeon is known from the Early to the Late Cretaceous epochs. [3]

Species

Species in the genus Trochactaeon include: [2]

References

  1. 1 2 Meek (1863). Amer. J. Sci. (3): 35, 87, 89.
  2. 1 2 Trochactaeon Meek, 1863 †. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species  on 16 September 2025.
  3. ↑ (in Czech) Ivanov M., Hrdličková S. & Gregorová R. (2001). Encyklopedie zkamenělin. Rebo Productions, Dobřejovice, 1. vydání, 312 pp., page 124.
  4. ↑ PART I. PALEOZOIC AND MESOZOIC GASTROPODA


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