Trochactaeon

Trochactaeon is an extinct genus of fossil sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Acteonellidae. The genus was named in 1863.[1]

Trochactaeon
Temporal range: Cretaceous
Five views of a fossil shell of Trochactaeon conicus
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Mollusca
Class:
Gastropoda
(unranked):
clade Heterobranchia
informal group Lower Heterobranchia
Superfamily:
Acteonoidea
Family:
†Acteonellidae
Subfamily:
†Acteonellinae
Genus:
†Trochactaeon

Meek, 1863[1]

The genus Trochactaeon is known from the Early to the Late Cretaceous periods.[2]

Species

Species in the genus Trochactaeon include:

  • Trochactaeon conicus - late Cretaceous
  • Trochactaeon crisimensis Choffat, 1966[3]

References
  1. Meek (1863). Amer. J. Sci. (3): 35, 87, 89.
  2. (in Czech) Ivanov M., Hrdličková S. & Gregorová R. (2001). Encyklopedie zkamenělin. Rebo Productions, Dobřejovice, 1. vydání, 312 pp., page 124.
  3. PART I. PALEOZOIC AND MESOZOIC GASTROPODA


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