Acteon wangaloa | |
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Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Mollusca |
Class: | Gastropoda |
Superfamily: | Acteonoidea |
Family: | Acteonidae |
Genus: | Acteon |
Species: | †A. wangaloa
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Binomial name | |
†Acteon wangaloa H. J. Finlay & Marwick, 1937
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Synonyms | |
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Acteon wangaloa is an extinct species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Acteonidae.[1]
Distribution
[edit]Fossils of this marine species have been found near the Kaitangata-Green Island, New Zealand
References
[edit]- Finlay, H. J. & Marwick, J. (1937). The Wangaloan and associated molluscan faunas of Kaitangata-Green Island subdivision. New Zealand Geological Survey Palæontological Bulletin. 15, 1–140, 18 pls.
- Maxwell, P. A. (2009). Cenozoic Mollusca. Pp 232-254 in Gordon, D. P. (ed.) New Zealand inventory of biodiversity. Volume one. Kingdom Animalia: Radiata, Lophotrochozoa, Deuterostomia. Canterbury University Press, Christchurch.
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