| Acteon wangaloa | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Heterobranchia |
| Superfamily: | Acteonoidea |
| Family: | Acteonidae |
| Genus: | Acteon |
| Species: | †A. wangaloa |
| Binomial name | |
| †Acteon wangaloa H. J. Finlay & Marwick, 1937 | |
| Synonyms | |
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Acteon wangaloa is an extinct species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Acteonidae. [1]
Fossils of this marine species have been found near the Kaitangata-Green Island, New Zealand
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Harold John Finlay was a New Zealand palaeontologist and conchologist.
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