Acteon stylifer

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

Acteon stylifer
Shell of † Acteon stylifer (syntype at MNHN, Paris)
Scientific classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Heterobranchia
Superfamily: Acteonoidea
Family: Acteonidae
Genus: Acteon
Species:
†A. stylifer
Binomial name
†Acteon stylifer
Cossmann, 1896
Synonyms

† Actaeon stylifer Cossmann, 1896

Distribution

Fossils of this marine species have been found in Eocene strata in Picardy, France.

References
  1. MNHN, Paris: Actaeon stylifer
  • Cossmann (M.), 1896 - Catalogue illustré des coquilles fossiles de l'Éocène des environs de Paris (2ème appendice). Annales de la Société royale Malacologique de Belgique, t. 31, p. 1-94
  • Cossmann (M.) & Pissarro (G.), 1913 - Iconographie complète des coquilles fossiles de l'Éocène des environs de Paris, Errata, Table alphabétique et Addenda, t. 2, p. 1-21, pl. 46-65


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