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Trochactaeon

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Trochactaeon
Temporal range: Cretaceous
Five views of a fossil shell of Trochactaeon conicus
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Family: †Acteonellidae
Genus: †Trochactaeon
Meek, 1863[1]
Synonyms[2]
  • Actaeonella (Trochactaeon) Meek, 1863
  • Imbricaria (Sohlia) Cernohorsky, 1970
  • Mesotrochactaeon Hacobjan, 1972
  • Mexicotrochactaeon Hacobjan, 1972
  • Mitra (Sohlia) Cernohorsky, 1970
  • Neocylindrites Kollmann, 1967
  • Neotrochactaeon Hacobjan, 1972
  • Palaeotrochacteon Hacobjan, 1972
  • Purpuractaeon Hacobjan, 1963
  • Sevanella Hacobjan, 1972
  • Sohlia Cernohorsky, 1970
  • Spiractaeon Meek, 1863
  • Trochactaeon (Mexicotrochactaeon) Hacobjan, 1972
  • Trochactaeon (Neocylindrites) Kollmann, 1967
  • Trochactaeon (Sevanella) Hacobjan, 1972
  • Trochactaeon (Spiractaeon) Meek, 1863
  • Trochactaeon (Trochactaeon) Meek, 1863

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

The genus Trochactaeon is known from the Early to the Late Cretaceous epochs.[3]

Species

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Species in the genus Trochactaeon include:[2]

References

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  1. 1 2 Meek (1863). Amer. J. Sci. (3): 35, 87, 89.
  2. 1 2 Trochactaeon Meek, 1863 †. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 16 September 2025.
  3. ↑ (in Czech) Ivanov M., Hrdličková S. & Gregorová R. (2001). Encyklopedie zkamenělin. Rebo Productions, Dobřejovice, 1. vydání, 312 pp., page 124.
  4. ↑ PART I. PALEOZOIC AND MESOZOIC GASTROPODA