Atractodon

Genus of gastropods From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

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

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

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