| Acteon oneroaensis | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Family: | Acteonidae |
| Genus: | Acteon |
| Species: | †A. oneroaensis
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| Binomial name | |
| †Acteon oneroaensis Powell & Bartrum, 1929
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Acteon oneroaensis is an extinct species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Acteonidae.[1]
Description
[edit]The length of the shell (spire missing) attains 7.2 mm, its diameter 4.5 mm.
Distribution
[edit]Fossils of this marine species have been found in Tertiary strata in Oneroa, Waiheke Island, New Zealand
References
[edit]External links
[edit]- Powell, A. W. B., & Bartrum, J. A. (1929). The Tertiary (Waitematan) molluscan fauna of Oneroa, Waiheke Island. Transactions and Proceedings of the New Zealand Institute, 60: 395–447, pls. 34–50.
- Auckland Museum NZ Marine Collection