Acteon otamateaensis is an extinct species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Acteonidae.[1]
| Acteon otamateaensis | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Heterobranchia |
| Family: | Acteonidae |
| Genus: | Acteon |
| Species: | †A. otamateaensis
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| Binomial name | |
| †Acteon otamateaensis Laws, 1941
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Description edit
The length of the shell (spire missing) attains 4 mm, its diameter 2.4 mm.
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Distribution edit
Fossils of this marine species have been found in Tertiary strata in Kaipara, New Zealand
References edit
- Maxwell, P. A. (2009). Cenozoic Mollusca. Pp 232-254 in Gordon, D. P. (ed.) New Zealand inventory of biodiversity. Volume one. Kingdom Animalia: Radiata, Lophotrochozoa, Deuterostomia. Canterbury University Press, Christchurch.
External links edit
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