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Acteon octavii

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Extinct species of gastropods

Acteon octavii
Shell of Acteon octavii (syntype)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Family: Acteonidae
Genus: Acteon
Species: †A. octavii
Binomial name
†Acteon octavii
(Vasseur, 1882)
Synonyms
  • † Actaeon octavii Vasseur, 1882 superseded combination
  • † Tornatella octavii Vasseur, 1882

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

Distribution

Fossils of this marine species have been found in Eocene strata in Loire-Atlantique, France.

References

  1. MNHN, Paris: Acteon octavii
  • Vasseur (G.), 1881 - Recherches géologiques sur les terrains tertiaires de la France occidentale. Stratigraphie. 1er partie : Bretagne, p. 1-432
  • Vasseur (G.), 1882 - Recherches géologiques sur les terrains tertiaires de la France occidentale. Atlas paléontologique
  • Cossmann (M.), 1917 - Éocène de Bretagne. Faune de Bois-Gouët. Atlas paléontologique par G. VASSEUR, préface et légendes par M. COSSMANN, p. 1-2


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