Acteon pahaka

Acteon pahaka
Scientific classification Edit this classification
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.[1]

Description

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

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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