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Acteon petricolus

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Species of marine gastropod

Acteon petricolus
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Superfamily:	Acteonoidea
Family:	Acteonidae
Genus:	Acteon
Species:	†A. petricolus
Binomial name
†Acteon petricolus Darragh, 1997

Acteon petricolus is an extinct species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Acteonidae.

Description

The length of the shell attains 9.5 mm, its diameter 5 mm.

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Distribution

Fossils of this marine species is have been found in Paleocene strata in Victoria, Australia.

References

^ WoRMS. "Acteon petricolus Darragh, 1997". World Register of Marine Species. Retrieved 9 April 2024.

External links

Darragh, T. A. (1997). Gastropoda, Scaphopoda, Cephalopoda, and new Bivalvia of the Paleocene Pebble Point Formation, Victoria, Australia

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