''Acteonella'' is a genus of extinct

sea snail Sea snails are slow-moving marine (ocean), marine gastropod Mollusca, molluscs, usually with visible external shells, such as whelk or abalone. They share the Taxonomic classification, taxonomic class Gastropoda with slugs, which are distinguishe ...

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gastropod Gastropods (), commonly known as slugs and snails, belong to a large Taxonomy (biology), taxonomic class of invertebrates within the phylum Mollusca called Gastropoda (). This class comprises snails and slugs from saltwater, freshwater, and fro ...

mollusk Mollusca is a phylum of protostomic invertebrate animals, whose members are known as molluscs or mollusks (). Around 76,000 extant species of molluscs are recognized, making it the second-largest animal phylum after Arthropoda. The ...

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Acteonellidae Acteonellidae is an extinct family of gastropods in the informal group Lower Heterobranchia (according to the taxonomy of the Gastropoda by Bouchet & Rocroi, 2005). Taxonomy * Acteonellinae ** '' Acteonella'' d'Orbigny, 1843 - type genus In ...

. The genus is known from the

Cretaceous The Cretaceous ( ) is a geological period that lasted from about 143.1 to 66 mya (unit), million years ago (Mya). It is the third and final period of the Mesozoic Era (geology), Era, as well as the longest. At around 77.1 million years, it is the ...

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Species

Species within the genus ''Acteonella'' include: * '' Actaeonella borneensis'' Sohl and Kollmann, 1985 * '' Actaeonella briggsi'' Sohl and Kollmann, 1985 * '' Actaeonella browni'' Sohl and Kollmann, 1985 * '' Actaeonella coquiensis'' Sohl and Kollmann, 1985 * '' Actaeonella cubensis'' Sohl and Kollmann, 1985 * '' Actaeonella delgadoi'' Choffat, 1901 * '' Actaeonella jicarensis'' Sohl and Kollmann, 1985 * '' Actaeonella lucianoi'' Maury, 1930 * '' Actaeonella marchmontensis'' Sohl and Kollmann, 1985 * '' Actaeonella oviformis'' Gabb, 1869 * '' Actaeonella pecosensis'' Stanton, 1947 * '' Actaeonella pompei'' Maury, 1930 * '' Actaeonella robinsoni'' Sohl and Kollmann, 1985 * '' Actaeonella silvai'' Maury, 1925 * '' Actaeonella tamandarensis'' Maury, 1930

References

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