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Extinct species of gastropods

Acteon pahaka
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Superfamily: Acteonoidea
Family: Acteonidae
Genus: Acteon
Species: †A. pahaka
Binomial name
†Acteon pahaka
P. A. Maxwell, 1992
Synonyms

† Acteon (Maxacteon) pahaka P. A. Maxwell, 1992 alternative representation

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

Description

The length of the shell (spire missing) attains 7.5 mm, its diameter 4 mm.

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Distribution

Fossils of this marine species have been found in Eocene strata near the Waihao River, South Canterbury, New Zealand

References

  1. "Acteon pahakaP. A. Maxwell, 1992". Global Biodiversity Information Facility.
  • Maxwell, P.A. (1992) Eocene Mollusca from the vicinity of McCulloch's Bridge, Waihao River, South Canterbury, New Zealand: paleoecology and systematics. New Zealand Geological Survey Paleontological Bulletin, 65, 1–280.

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Taxon identifiers
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