Trochactaeon Explained

Trochactaeon is an extinct genus of fossil sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Acteonellidae. The genus was named in 1863.

The genus Trochactaeon is known from the Early to the Late Cretaceous epochs.^[1]

Species

Species in the genus Trochactaeon include:

• Trochactaeon conicus - late Cretaceous
• Trochactaeon crisimensis Choffat, 1966^[2]

Notes and References

1. Ivanov M., Hrdličková S. & Gregorová R. (2001). Encyklopedie zkamenělin. Rebo Productions, Dobřejovice, 1. vydání, 312 pp., page 124.
2. http://www.um.u-tokyo.ac.jp/publish_db/Bulletin/no13/no13008.html PART I. PALEOZOIC AND MESOZOIC GASTROPODA