Acteon chattonensis
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Superfamily:	Acteonoidea
Family:	Acteonidae
Genus:	Acteon
Species:	†A. chattonensis
Binomial name
†Acteon chattonensis Marwick, 1929

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

Contents

• Description
• Distribution
• References
• External links

Description

The length of the shell attains 4.2 mm, its diameter 2.75 mm.

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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