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Acteon subinflatus

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Acteon subinflatus
Shell of † Acteon subinflatus (specimen at MNHN, Paris)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Superfamily: Acteonoidea
Family: Acteonidae
Genus: Acteon
Species:
A. subinflatus
Binomial name
Acteon subinflatus
A. d'Orbigny, 1850
Synonyms
  • Acteon laetus (Deshayes, 1862)
  • Tornatella ferussaci Deshayes, 1862 junior objective synonym
  • Tornatella laeta Deshayes, 1862 junior subjective synonym

Acteon subinflatus is an extinct species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Acteonidae.[1]

Distribution

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Fossils of this marine species have been found in Eocene strata in Picardy, France.

References

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  1. ^ "Acteon subinflatus A. d'Orbigny, 1850". Global Biodiversity Information Facility.
  • Le Renard, J. & Pacaud, J. (1995). Révision des mollusques Paléogènes du Bassin de Paris. II. Liste des références primaires des espèces. Cossmanniana. 3: 65–132.
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