Acteon laevigatus

Acteon laevigatus
Shell of † Acteon laevigatus (specimen at the Natural History Museum, Rotterdam)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Superfamily: Acteonoidea
Family: Acteonidae
Genus: Acteon
Species:
†A. laevigatus
Binomial name
†Acteon laevigatus
(Grateloup, 1828)
Synonyms

† Tornatella laevigata Grateloup, 1828

Acteon laevigatus is an extinct species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Acteonidae.[1]

Description

The length of the shell attains 4 mm.

Distribution

Fossils of this marine species have been found in Miocene strata near Werder, Lower Saxony, Germany and in Gelderland, the Netherlands.

References

  1. ^ MolluscaBase eds. (2024). MolluscaBase. Acteon laevigatus (Grateloup, 1828) †. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1581810 on 2024-04-06
  • Stein G., Moths H., Albrecht F., Havekost U. & Fehse D. (2016). Revision der Miozänen Molluskenfauna (Hemmoorium) von Werder bei Achim (Nordwest-Niedersachsen). Palaeofocus. 5: 1–289.


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