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

Acteon pahaka
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Heterobranchia
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

Description edit

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

Distribution edit

Fossils of this marine species have been found in Eocene strata near the Waihao River, South Canterbury, New Zealand

References edit

  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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