Biology:Mauidrillia occidentalis

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Short description: Extinct species of gastropod

Mauidrillia occidentalis
Scientific classification edit
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Conoidea
Family: Horaiclavidae
Genus: Mauidrillia
Species:
M. occidentalis
Binomial name
Mauidrillia occidentalis
Maxwell, 1988

Mauidrillia occidentalis is an extinct species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Horaiclavidae.[1]

Description

Distribution

This extinct marine species is endemic to New Zealand

References

  1. Marshall, B. (2015). Mauidrillia occidentalis. In: MolluscaBase (2015). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=831569 on 2017-02-08
  • Maxwell, P.A. 1988, Late Miocene deep-water Mollusca from the Stillwater Mudstone at Greymouth, Westland, New Zealand : paleoecology and systematics. Lower Hutt: New Zealand Geological Survey. New Zealand Geological Survey paleontological bulletin 55. 120 p.
  • 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

External links

Wikidata ☰ Q30591147 entry