Biology:Austrodrillia rawitensis

From HandWiki
Short description: Species of gastropod

Austrodrillia rawitensis
Scientific classification edit
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Conoidea
Family: Horaiclavidae
Genus: Austrodrillia
Species:
A. rawitensis
Binomial name
Austrodrillia rawitensis
Hedley, 1922
Synonyms[1]

Aoteadrillia rawitensis (Hedley, 1922)

Austrodrillia rawitensis is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Horaiclavidae.[1]

It was previously categorized within the family Turridae.[2]

Description

The length of the shell attains 15 mm, its diameter 6 mm.

Distribution

This marine species is endemic to New Zealand.

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 Marshall, B. (2014). Austrodrillia rawitensis Hedley, 1922. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=435633 on 31 January 2015
  2. Aoteadrillia rawitensis (Hedley, 1922). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 4 April 2010.
  • Hedley, Charles. A revision of the Australian Turridae. Vol. 13. 1922
  • Powell, A.W.B. 1979: New Zealand Mollusca: Marine, Land and Freshwater Shells, Collins, Auckland
  • Maxwell, P.A. (1988) Late Miocene deep-water Mollusca from the Stillwater Mudstone at Greymouth, Westland, New Zealand: paleoecology and systematics. New Zealand Geological Survey Paleontological Bulletin, 55, 1–120
  • Morley, M.S., Hayward, B.W., Raven, J.L., Foreman, G.A., Grenfell, H.R. 2006: Intertidal and shallow subtidal biota of Mahia Peninsula, Hawkes Bay, Records of the Auckland Museum, 43

External links

Wikidata ☰ Q4946511 entry