Mauidrillia inaequalis
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Scientific classification ![]() | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Mollusca |
Class: | Gastropoda |
Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
Order: | Neogastropoda |
Superfamily: | Conoidea |
Family: | Horaiclavidae |
Genus: | Mauidrillia |
Species: | M. inaequalis
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Binomial name | |
Mauidrillia inaequalis A.W.B. Powell, 1942
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Mauidrillia inaequalis is an extinct species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Horaiclavidae.[1]
Description[]
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Distribution[]
This extinct marine species is endemic to New Zealand and was found in Miocene strata of South Island.
References[]
- ^ a b Marshall, B. (2015). Mauidrillia inaequalis. In: MolluscaBase (2015). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=831567 on 2017-02-08
- Powell, A.W.B. 1942: The New Zealand Recent and fossil Mollusca of the family Turridae. Bulletin of the Auckland Institute and Museum 2: 188 p
- P. A. Maxwell. 1988. Late Miocene Deep-Water Mollusca from the Stillwater Mudstone at Greymouth, Westland, New Zealand: Paleoecology and Systematics. New Zealand Geological Survey Paleontological Bulletin 55
- 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
External links[]
Categories:
- Mauidrillia
- Gastropods described in 1942
- Horaiclavidae stubs