# Atractodon

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{{Short description|Genus of gastropods}}
{{Automatic taxobox 
| image = Atractodon elegans 002.jpg
| image_caption = Shell of † ''Atractodon elegans'' (holotype)
| taxon = Atractodon
| authority = Charlesworth, 1837
| synonyms =
}}

'''''Atractodon''''' is an extinct [genus](/source/genus) of large [sea snail](/source/sea_snail)s or true [whelk](/source/whelk)s, a [marine](/source/marine_(ocean)) [gastropod](/source/gastropod) [mollusc](/source/mollusc)s in the [family](/source/Family_(taxonomy)) [Buccinidae](/source/Buccinidae), the true whelks.<ref name="WoRMS">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 </ref>

==Species==
* † ''[Atractodon elegans](/source/Atractodon_elegans)'' <small>Charlesworth, 1837</small> 

==External links==
* {{cite journal |last1=Charlesworth |first1=E. |title=Notice of a new fossil shell from the coast of Suffolk. |journal=The Magazine of Natural History |series=New Series |date=1837 |volume=1 |page=220 |url=https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2334910 |access-date=30 December 2025}}

==References==
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Category:Buccinidae
Category:Fossil taxa described in 1837
Category:Prehistoric gastropod genera

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