Trochactaeon

Trochactaeon is an extinct genus of fossil sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Acteonellidae. The genus was named in 1863.^[1]

Trochactaeon Temporal range: Cretaceous PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N
Five views of a fossil shell of Trochactaeon conicus
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
(unranked):	clade Heterobranchia informal group Lower Heterobranchia
Superfamily:	Acteonoidea
Family:	†Acteonellidae
Subfamily:	†Acteonellinae
Genus:	†Trochactaeon Meek, 1863[1]

The genus Trochactaeon is known from the Early to the Late Cretaceous epochs.^[2]

Species

Species in the genus Trochactaeon include:

• Trochactaeon conicus - late Cretaceous
• Trochactaeon crisimensis Choffat, 1966^[3]