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| Acteonella Temporal range: | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Family: | †Acteonellidae |
| Genus: | †Acteonella d'Orbigny, 1843[1] |
| Synonyms[2][3] | |
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Actaeonella Herrmannsen, 1846 Actaeonella d'Orbigny, 1843 | |
Acteonella is a genus of extinct sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the extinct family Acteonellidae.
The genus is known from the Cretaceous period.[3]
Species
[edit]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 cincta Winckler, 1861
- Actaeonella coquiensis Sohl and Kollmann, 1985
- Actaeonella cubensis Sohl and Kollmann, 1985
- Actaeonella delgadoi Choffat, 1901
- Actaeonella fusiformis Coquand, 1865
- Actaeonella gigantea Sowerby, 1832
- Actaeonella jicarensis Sohl and Kollmann, 1985
- Actaeonella lucianoi Maury, 1930
- Acteonella murcielaguensis Aguilar et al., 2026 [4]
- Actaeonella marchmontensis Sohl and Kollmann, 1985
- Actaeonella oviformis Gabb, 1869
- Actaeonella parvus Stanton, 1947
- Actaeonella pecosensis Stanton, 1947
- Actaeonella pompei Maury, 1930
- Actaeonella robinsoni Sohl and Kollmann, 1985
- Actaeonella silvai Maury, 1925
- Actaeonella tamandarensis Maury, 1930
- Acteonella anchietai Choffat, 1888
- Acteonella frazierensis Anderson, 1958
- Acteonella gracilis Douvillé, 1916
References
[edit]- ↑ d'Orbigny A. 1843. Pal. Franç., Crét., 2 (Gast.), 107, page 49.
- ↑ "Acteonella d'Orbigny, 1842". Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Retrieved 17 December 2025.
- 1 2 "†Acteonella d'Orbigny 1843 (snail)". The Paleobiology Database. No. 122497. Retrieved 17 December 2025.
- ↑ Aguilar el al., 2026Aguilar, T.; Denyer, P.; López-Murillo, E.; Calvo, C.; Chavarría, M. M. (2026). "Nueva especie de Acteonellidae, Acteonella murcielaguensis n. sp., y otros gasterópodos del Cretácico de la península de Santa Elena, Costa Rica". Revista Geológica de América Central. 74: 1–24.
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