Aoteadrillia consequens
Aoteadrillia consequens is an extinct species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Horaiclavidae.[1]
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Mollusca |
Class: | Gastropoda |
Clade: | Caenogastropoda |
Clade: | Hypsogastropoda |
Clade: | Neogastropoda |
Superfamily: | Conoidea |
Family: | Horaiclavidae |
Genus: | Aoteadrillia |
Species: | A. consequens |
Binomial name | |
Aoteadrillia consequens (Laws, 1936) | |
Synonyms[1] | |
Austrodrillia consequens C.R. Laws, 1936 |
Description
The length of the shell attains 8 mm (estimated), its diameter 3 mm.
Distribution
This extinct marine species was endemic to New Zealand and was found in the fossiliferous beds at Kaawa Creek.
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References
- Marshall, B. (2015). Aoteadrillia consequens (Laws, 1936) †. In: MolluscaBase (2015). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=831544 on 2016-12-27
- Laws, Charles Reed. "The Waitotaran Faunule at Kaawa Creek." part 2; Royal Society of New Zealand, 1936
- 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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