Acteon chattonensis is an extinct species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Acteonidae.[1]
| 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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Description
editThe length of the shell attains 4.2 mm, its diameter 2.75 mm.
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Distribution
editFossils of this marine species have been found in Tertiary strata in Chatton, Southland, New Zealand.
References
edit- ^ 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.