Acteon olivellaeformis
Appearance
Acteon olivellaeformis | |
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Shell of Acteon olivellaeformis (syntype) | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Mollusca |
Class: | Gastropoda |
Family: | Acteonidae |
Genus: | Acteon |
Species: | †A. olivellaeformis
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Binomial name | |
†Acteon olivellaeformis (Tate, 1893)
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Synonyms | |
† Actaeon olivellaeformiss (Tate, 1893) |
Acteon olivellaeformis is an extinct species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Acteonidae.[1]
Distribution
[edit]Fossils of this marine species have been found in Miocene strata in Victoria, Australia
References
[edit]- Cossmann (M.), 1897 - The Gasteropods of the older tertiary of Australia. Les Opisthobranches.. Transactions of the Royal Society of South Australia, vol. 21, p. 1-21