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Wangacteon grebneffi

Gastropoda - Heterostropha - Acteonidae

Taxonomy
Wangacteon grebneffi was named by Stilwell (1993). Its type specimen is OU 39611, a shell, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Mitchells Rocks, Wangaloa (H46/f166), which is in a Danian coastal sandstone in the Wangaloa Formation of New Zealand. It is the type species of Wangacteon.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1993Wangacteon grebneffi Stilwell p. 367 figs. 5: 1-3

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
RankNameAuthor
classGastropoda
orderHeterostropha()
superfamilyActeonoidead'Orbigny 1835
familyActeonidaed'Orbigny 1835
genusWangacteon
speciesgrebneffi

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†Wangacteon grebneffi Stilwell 1993
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available