Acteon chattonensis is an extinct species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Acteonidae. MolluscaBase eds. (2024). MolluscaBase. Acteon chattonensis Marwick, 1929 †. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=831976 on 2024-04-03
Description
The length of the shell attains 4.2 mm, its diameter 2.75 mm. Distribution Fossils of this marine species have been found in Tertiary strata in Chatton, Southland, New Zealand.
References
Maxwell, P. A. (2009). Cenozoic Mollusca. Pp 232-254 in Gordon, D. P. (ed.) New Zealand inventory of biodiversity. Volume one. Kingdom Animalia: Radiata, Lophotrochozoa, Deuterostomia. Canterbury University Press, Christchurch. Beu, A.G. & Maxwell, P.A. (1990) Cenozoic Mollusca of New Zealand. New Zealand Geological Survey Paleontological Bulletin, 58, 1–518.
External links Marwick, J. (1929) Tertiary molluscan fauna of Chatton, Southland. Transactions and Proceedings of the New Zealand Institute, 59, 903–934