Acteonella

Acteonella
Temporal range: Cretaceous
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Family: †Acteonellidae
Genus: †Acteonella
d'Orbigny, 1843
Synonyms

Actaeonella Herrmannsen, 1846 Actaeonella d'Orbigny, 1843

Acteonella is a genus of extinct sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the extinct family Acteonellidae.

The genus is known from the Cretaceous period.

Species

Species within the genus Acteonella include:

References

  1. ↑ d'Orbigny A. 1843. Pal. Franç., Crét., 2 (Gast.), 107, page 49.
  2. ↑ "Acteonella d'Orbigny, 1842". Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Retrieved 17 December 2025.
  3. 1 2 "†Acteonella d'Orbigny 1843 (snail)". The Paleobiology Database. No. 122497. Retrieved 17 December 2025.
  4. ↑ Aguilar el al., 2026Aguilar, T.; Denyer, P.; López-Murillo, E.; Calvo, C.; Chavarría, M. M. (2026). "Nueva especie de Acteonellidae, Acteonella murcielaguensis n. sp., y otros gasterópodos del Cretácico de la península de Santa Elena, Costa Rica". Revista Geológica de América Central. 74: 1–24.