| Trochactaeon Temporal range: Cretaceous PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N | |
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| Five views of a fossil shell of Trochactaeon conicus | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| (unranked): | clade Heterobranchia informal group Lower Heterobranchia |
| Superfamily: | Acteonoidea |
| Family: | †Acteonellidae |
| Subfamily: | †Acteonellinae |
| Genus: | †Trochactaeon Meek, 1863 |
Trochactaeon is an extinct genus of fossil sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Acteonellidae. The genus was named in 1863.
The genus Trochactaeon is known from the Early to the Late Cretaceous epochs.
Species
Species in the genus Trochactaeon include:
- Trochactaeon conicus - late Cretaceous
- Trochactaeon crisimensis Choffat, 1966
References
- ^ Meek (1863). Amer. J. Sci. (3): 35, 87, 89.
- (in Czech) Ivanov M., Hrdličková S. & Gregorová R. (2001). Encyklopedie zkamenělin. Rebo Productions, Dobřejovice, 1. vydání, 312 pp., page 124.
- PART I. PALEOZOIC AND MESOZOIC GASTROPODA
| Taxon identifiers | |
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| Trochactaeon | |
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