Trochactaeon is an extinct genus of fossil sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Acteonellidae. The genus was named in 1863.[1]
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Five views of a fossil shell of Trochactaeon conicus | |
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Genus: | †Trochactaeon Meek, 1863[1]
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The genus Trochactaeon is known from the Early to the Late Cretaceous epochs.[2]
Species
editSpecies in the genus Trochactaeon include:
- Trochactaeon conicus - late Cretaceous
- Trochactaeon crisimensis Choffat, 1966[3]
References
edit- ^ a b Meek (1863). Amer. J. Sci. (3): 35, 87, 89.
- ^ (in Czech) Ivanov M., Hrdličková S. & Gregorová R. (2001). Encyklopedie zkamenělin. Rebo Productions, Dobřejovice, 1. vydání, 312 pp., page 124.
- ^ PART I. PALEOZOIC AND MESOZOIC GASTROPODA