• Source: Acteon pahaka
  • Acteon pahaka is an extinct species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Acteonidae.


    Description


    The length of the shell (spire missing) attains 7.5 mm, its diameter 4 mm.


    Distribution


    Fossils of this marine species have been found in Eocene strata near the Waihao River, South Canterbury, New Zealand


    References



    Maxwell, P.A. (1992) Eocene Mollusca from the vicinity of McCulloch's Bridge, Waihao River, South Canterbury, New Zealand: paleoecology and systematics. New Zealand Geological Survey Paleontological Bulletin, 65, 1–280.


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