Atractodon

Atractodon
Shell of † Atractodon elegans (holotype)
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Family: Buccinidae
Genus: †Atractodon
Charlesworth, 1837

Atractodon is an extinct genus of large sea snails or true whelks, a marine gastropod molluscs in the family Buccinidae, the true whelks.[1]

Species

  • † Atractodon elegans Charlesworth, 1837
  • Charlesworth, E. (1837). "Notice of a new fossil shell from the coast of Suffolk". The Magazine of Natural History. New Series. 1: 220. Retrieved 30 December 2025.

References

  1. ^ MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Atractodon Charlesworth, 1837 †. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1828580 on 2025-12-30
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