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Acteon arnumensis

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Extinct species of gastropods

Acteon arnumensis
Shell of † Acteon arnumensis (specimen at the Natural History Museum, Rotterdam)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Family: Acteonidae
Genus: Acteon
Species: A. arnumensis
Binomial name
Acteon arnumensis
Sorgenfrei, 1958

Acteon arnumensis is an extinct species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Acteonidae.

Description

The length of the shell attains 3 mm.

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Distribution

Fossils of this marine species have been found in strata of the Middle Miocene strata of South Jutland, Danmark; also in the Netherlands, Belgium and Germany

References

  1. MolluscaBase eds. (2024). MolluscaBase. Acteon arnumensis Sorgenfrei, 1958 †. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1581809 on 2024-04-10
  • Sorgenfrei, T. (1958). Molluscan assemblages from the marine Middle Miocene of South Jutland and their environments. Danmarks Geologiske Undersogelse. ser. 2, 79: 1–503, 76 pls.
Taxon identifiers
Acteon arnumensis


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