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Acteon semistriatus

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Acteon semistriatus
Shell of † Acteon semistriatus (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. semistriatus
Binomial name
Acteon semistriatus
(Basterot, 1825)
Synonyms
  • Acteon clathratus Millet, 1865
  • Tornatella semistriata Basterot, 1825 (original combination)

Acteon semistriatus 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 Pliocene strata in the Alpes-Maritimes, France

References

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  1. ^ "Acteon semistriatus (Basterot, 1825)". Global Biodiversity Information Facility.
  • Chirli (C.) & Richard (C.), 2008 - Les Mollusques plaisanciens de la Côte d’Azur, p. 1-128, 5 figures
  • Ceulemans, L.; Van Dingenen, F.; Landau B. M. (2018). The lower Pliocene gastropods of Le Pigeon Blanc (Loire-Atlantique, northwest France). Part 5 – Neogastropoda (Conoidea) and Heterobranchia (fine). Cainozoic Research. 18(2): 89–176.
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