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Acteon glans

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Acteon glans
Shell of † Acteon glans (holotype)
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Superfamily: Acteonoidea
Family: Acteonidae
Genus: Acteon
Species:
A. glans
Binomial name
Acteon glans
I. Lea, 1846

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


Description

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(Original description) The thin shell is sub-ovate, imperforate, smooth and glabrous. The spire is ovately-conical, short and mamillate. The sutures are deep. The shell contains four whorls, very slightly convex, sub-canaliculate at the upper suture. The body whorl is rounded. The base of the shell is smooth. The aperture is ovate and very effuse. The fold on the columella is small and oblique. [2]

Distribution

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Fossils of this marine species have been found in Late Miocene to Middle Pliocene strata of the Yorktown Formation in Virginia, USA.

References

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  1. ^ MolluscaBase eds. (2024). MolluscaBase. Acteon glans I. Lea, 1846 †. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1353925 on 2024-04-04
  2. ^ Lea, H. C. (1846). Description of some new fossil shells, from the Tertiary of Petersburg, Virginia. Transactions of the American Philosophical Society, new series. 9(2): 229-274. Public Domain This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.
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