Acteon otamateaensis is an extinct species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Acteonidae.
Description
The length of the shell (spire missing) attains 4 mm, its diameter 2.4 mm. Distribution Fossils of this marine species have been found in Tertiary strata in Kaipara, 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.
External links Laws, C.R. (1941) The molluscan faunule at Pakaurangi Point, Kaipara. No. 2. Transactions of the Royal Society of New Zealand, 71, 134-151, pls. 16-19.