Acteon arnumensis is an extinct species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Acteonidae.[1]
| Acteon arnumensis | |
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| Shell of † Acteon arnumensis (specimen at the Natural History Museum, Rotterdam) | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Family: | Acteonidae |
| Genus: | Acteon |
| Species: | †A. arnumensis
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| Binomial name | |
| †Acteon arnumensis Sorgenfrei, 1958
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Description
editThe length of the shell attains 3 mm.
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Distribution
editFossils of this marine species have been found in strata of the Middle Miocene strata of South Jutland, Danmark; also in the Netherlands, Belgium and Germany
References
edit- ^ MolluscaBase eds. (2024). MolluscaBase. Acteon arnumensis Sorgenfrei, 1958 †. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1581809 on 2024-04-10
- Sorgenfrei, T. (1958). Molluscan assemblages from the marine Middle Miocene of South Jutland and their environments. Danmarks Geologiske Undersogelse. ser. 2, 79: 1–503, 76 pls.
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