Acteon laevigatus
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| Acteon laevigatus | |
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| File:Acteon laevigatus 001.jpg | |
| Shell of † Acteon laevigatus (specimen at the Natural History Museum, Rotterdam) | |
| Scientific classification Edit this classification | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Superfamily: | Acteonoidea |
| Family: | Acteonidae |
| Genus: | Acteon |
| Species: | †A. laevigatus
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| Binomial name | |
| †Acteon laevigatus (Grateloup, 1828)
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| Synonyms | |
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† Tornatella laevigata Grateloup, 1828 | |
Acteon laevigatus is an extinct species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Acteonidae.[1]
Description
The length of the shell attains 4 mm.
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Distribution
Fossils of this marine species have been found in Miocene strata near Werder, Lower Saxony, Germany and in Gelderland, the Netherlands.
References
- ↑ MolluscaBase eds. (2024). MolluscaBase. Acteon laevigatus (Grateloup, 1828) †. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1581810 on 2024-04-06
- Stein G., Moths H., Albrecht F., Havekost U. & Fehse D. (2016). Revision der Miozänen Molluskenfauna (Hemmoorium) von Werder bei Achim (Nordwest-Niedersachsen). Palaeofocus. 5: 1–289.
