Mauidrillia browni
| Mauidrillia browni | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Clade: | Caenogastropoda |
| Clade: | Hypsogastropoda |
| Clade: | Neogastropoda |
| Superfamily: | Conoidea |
| Family: | Horaiclavidae |
| Genus: | Mauidrillia |
| Species: | M. browni |
| Binomial name | |
| Mauidrillia browni Marwick, 1943 | |
Mauidrillia browni is an extinct species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Horaiclavidae.[1]
Description
The length of the shell attains 7 mm, its diameter 3 mm.
Distribution
This extinct marine species was found in Tertiary strata of the North Otago, New Zealand.
References
- ↑ Marshall, B. (2015). Mauidrillia browni. In: MolluscaBase (2015). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=831561 on 2017-02-08
- Marwick, J. Some Tertiary Mollusca from North Otago. publisher not identified, 1943
- 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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