Trochactaeon

Trochactaeon
Temporal range:
Five views of a fossil shell of Trochactaeon conicus
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Family: Acteonellidae
Genus: Trochactaeon
Meek, 1863
Synonyms
  • Actaeonella (Trochactaeon) Meek, 1863
  • Imbricaria (Sohlia) Cernohorsky, 1970
  • Mesotrochactaeon Hacobjan, 1972
  • Mexicotrochactaeon Hacobjan, 1972
  • Mitra (Sohlia) Cernohorsky, 1970
  • Neocylindrites Kollmann, 1967
  • Neotrochactaeon Hacobjan, 1972
  • Palaeotrochacteon Hacobjan, 1972
  • Purpuractaeon Hacobjan, 1963
  • Sevanella Hacobjan, 1972
  • Sohlia Cernohorsky, 1970
  • Spiractaeon Meek, 1863
  • Trochactaeon (Mexicotrochactaeon) Hacobjan, 1972
  • Trochactaeon (Neocylindrites) Kollmann, 1967
  • Trochactaeon (Sevanella) Hacobjan, 1972
  • Trochactaeon (Spiractaeon) Meek, 1863
  • Trochactaeon (Trochactaeon) Meek, 1863

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.