Mauidrillia cinctuta

Mauidrillia cinctuta
Scientific classification
Kingdom:Animalia
Phylum:Mollusca
Class:Gastropoda
Clade:Caenogastropoda
Clade:Hypsogastropoda
Clade:Neogastropoda
Superfamily:Conoidea
Family:Horaiclavidae
Genus:Mauidrillia
Species: M. cinctuta
Binomial name
Mauidrillia cinctuta
(Marwick, 1929)
Synonyms[1]

Austrodrillia cinctuta Marwick, 1929

Mauidrillia cinctuta 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 Chatton shellbed, New Zealand.

References

  1. 1 2 Marshall, B. (2015). Mauidrillia cinctuta. In: MolluscaBase (2015). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=831562 on 2017-02-08
  • 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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