Trochactaeon

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Trochactaeon
Temporal range: Cretaceous
Five views of a fossil shell of Trochactaeon conicus
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Trochactaeon

Meek, 1863[1]

Trochactaeon is an extinct genus of fossil sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Acteonellidae. The genus was named in 1863.[1]

The genus Trochactaeon is known from the Early to the Late Cretaceous epochs.[2]

Species[edit]

Species in the genus Trochactaeon include:

References[edit]

  1. ^ a b Meek (1863). Amer. J. Sci. (3): 35, 87, 89.
  2. ^ (in Czech) Ivanov M., Hrdličková S. & Gregorová R. (2001). Encyklopedie zkamenělin. Rebo Productions, Dobřejovice, 1. vydání, 312 pp., page 124.
  3. ^ PART I. PALEOZOIC AND MESOZOIC GASTROPODA