Acteonella
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Acteonella is a genus of extinct sea snail
s, marine
gastropod mollusks in the extinct family Acteonellidae
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The genus is known from the Cretaceous
period.
Snail
Snail is a common name applied to most of the members of the molluscan class Gastropoda that have coiled shells in the adult stage. When the word is used in its most general sense, it includes sea snails, land snails and freshwater snails. The word snail without any qualifier is however more often...
s, marine
Marine (ocean)
Marine is an umbrella term. As an adjective it is usually applicable to things relating to the sea or ocean, such as marine biology, marine ecology and marine geology...
gastropod mollusks in the extinct family Acteonellidae
Acteonellidae
Acteonellidae is an extinct family of gastropods in the informal group Lower Heterobranchia .- Taxonomy :* Acteonellinae** Acteonella d'Orbigny, 1843 - type genus...
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The genus is known from the Cretaceous
Cretaceous
The Cretaceous , derived from the Latin "creta" , usually abbreviated K for its German translation Kreide , is a geologic period and system from circa to million years ago. In the geologic timescale, the Cretaceous follows the Jurassic period and is followed by the Paleogene period of the...
period.
Species
Species within the genus Acteonella include:- Actaeonella borneensis Sohl and Kollmann, 1985
- Actaeonella briggsi Sohl and Kollmann, 1985
- Actaeonella browni Sohl and Kollmann, 1985
- Actaeonella coquiensis Sohl and Kollmann, 1985
- Actaeonella cubensis Sohl and Kollmann, 1985
- Actaeonella delgadoi Choffat, 1901
- Actaeonella jicarensis Sohl and Kollmann, 1985
- Actaeonella lucianoi Maury, 1930
- Actaeonella marchmontensis Sohl and Kollmann, 1985
- Actaeonella oviformis Gabb, 1869
- Actaeonella pecosensis Stanton, 1947
- Actaeonella pompei Maury, 1930
- Actaeonella robinsoni Sohl and Kollmann, 1985
- Actaeonella silvai Maury, 1925
- Actaeonella tamandarensis Maury, 1930