Acteon biplicatus is an extinct species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Acteonidae.[1]
| Acteon biplicatus | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Superfamily: | Acteonoidea |
| Family: | Acteonidae |
| Genus: | Acteon |
| Species: | †A. biplicatus
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| Binomial name | |
| †Acteon biplicatus (Melleville, 1843)
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| Synonyms | |
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† Tornatella biplicata Melleville, 1843 (original combination) | |
Distribution
editFossils of this marine species have been found in Eocene strata in Champagne-Ardenne, France.
References
edit- ^ MolluscaBase eds. (2024). MolluscaBase. Acteon biplicatus (Melleville, 1843) †. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1348841 on 2024-04-03
External links
edit- Melleville, M. (1843). Mémoire sur les sables tertiaires inférieurs du bassin de Paris, avec la description de 78 espèces de coquilles fossiles inédites de ce terrain. Annales des Sciences Géologiques. 2(1-2): 1-29, 77-120, 10 pls.
- Orbigny, A. D. d'. (1850). Prodrome de paléontologie stratigraphique universelle des animaux mollusques et rayonnés, faisant suite au cours élémentaire de paléontologie et de géologie stratigraphiques. Vol. 2. 427 pp. Paris: Masson
- MNHN, Paris: Acteon biplicatus