| Acteon chattonensis | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Heterobranchia |
| Superfamily: | Acteonoidea |
| Family: | Acteonidae |
| Genus: | Acteon |
| Species: | †A. chattonensis
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| Binomial name | |
| †Acteon chattonensis Marwick, 1929
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Acteon chattonensis is an extinct species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Acteonidae.[1]
Description
The length of the shell attains 4.2 mm, its diameter 2.75 mm.
Distribution
Fossils of this marine species have been found in Tertiary strata in Chatton, Southland, New Zealand.
References
- ^ MolluscaBase eds. (2024). MolluscaBase. Acteon chattonensis Marwick, 1929 †. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=831976 on 2024-04-03
- 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.
- Beu, A.G. & Maxwell, P.A. (1990) Cenozoic Mollusca of New Zealand. New Zealand Geological Survey Paleontological Bulletin, 58, 1–518.
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