Maoritomella robusta

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

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

Description

Distribution

This extinct marine species from the Upper Cenozoic was found in New Zealand

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References

  1. Marshall, B. (2015). Maoritomella robusta. In: MolluscaBase (2015). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=831672 on 2016-03-13
  • 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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