Acteon pahaka
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Acteon pahaka | |
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Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Mollusca |
Class: | Gastropoda |
Subclass: | Heterobranchia |
Superfamily: | Acteonoidea |
Family: | Acteonidae |
Genus: | Acteon |
Species: | †A. pahaka
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Binomial name | |
†Acteon pahaka P. A. Maxwell, 1992
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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.[1]
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
- 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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