Acteon cretacea

Acteon cretacea
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Superfamily:	Acteonoidea
Family:	Acteonidae
Genus:	Acteon
Species:	†A. cretacea
Binomial name
	†Acteon cretacea; Gabb, 1862
Synonyms
	† Acteon forbesiana Whitfield, 1892

Acteon cretacea is an extinct species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Acteonidae.^[1]

Description

(Original description) The subglobose spire is elevated. It contains five convex whorls, sloping on the sides and obliquely truncated above. The body whorl is sub-compressed, most convex above, its width about equal to the length of the aperture. The aperture is narrowed above, wide below and rounded anteriorly. There are two folds on the columella: the upper one heavy and rounded, the lower or anterior one, obsolete. The columellar edge of the body whorl in one of the casts is marked by acute-angular striae, one branch extending directly upwards on the outside of the whorls (inside of the shell), and soon becoming obsolete. The other branch runs into the columellar cavity. ^[2]

Distribution

Fossils of this marine species have been found in Cretaceous strata in New Jersey, USA.

References

^ MolluscaBase eds. (2024). MolluscaBase. Acteon cretacea Gabb, 1862 †. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1348972 on 2024-04-03
^ Gabb, W. M. (1862). Descriptions of new species of Cretaceous fossils from New Jersey, Alabama and Mississippi. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia. 13: 318-330 This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.

External links

[WoRMS-1] MolluscaBase eds. (2024). MolluscaBase. Acteon cretacea Gabb, 1862 †. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1348972 on 2024-04-03

[2] Gabb, W. M. (1862). Descriptions of new species of Cretaceous fossils from New Jersey, Alabama and Mississippi. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia. 13: 318-330 This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.

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