Microdrillia pakaurangia

Microdrillia pakaurangia
Scientific classification
Kingdom:Animalia
Phylum:Mollusca
Class:Gastropoda
Clade:Caenogastropoda
Clade:Hypsogastropoda
Clade:Neogastropoda
Superfamily:Conoidea
Family:Borsoniidae
Genus:Microdrillia
Species: M. pakaurangia
Binomial name
Microdrillia pakaurangia
Powell, 1942

Microdrillia pakaurangia is an extinct species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Borsoniidae.[1]

Distribution

This extinct marine species is endemic to New Zealand, found at Pakaurangi Point, Kaipara

References

  1. Marshall, B. (2015). Microdrillia pakaurangia Powell, 1942 †. In: MolluscaBase (2015). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=831643 on 2016-03-16
  • Powell A.W.B., 1942, The New Zealand Recent and fossil Mollusca of the family Turridae : with general notes on turrid nomenclature and systematics. Bulletin of the Auckland Institute and Museum, 2: 1-188
  • 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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