Maoridaphne haroldi

Maoridaphne haroldi is an extinct species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Raphitomidae.[1]

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

Description

Distribution

Fossils of this species were found in Miocene strata in New Zealand; age range: 19.0 to 15.9 Ma.

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References

  1. MolluscaBase (2019). MolluscaBase. Maoridaphne haroldi Powell, 1942 †. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=831731 on 2019-07-26
  • Powell, Arthur William Baden. The New Zealand Recent and Fossil Mollusca of the Family Turridae: With General Notes on Turrid Nomenclature and Systematics. No. 2. Unity Press limited, printers, 1942.
  • 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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