Biology:Mitromorpha waitakiensis

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Short description: Extinct species of gastropod

Mitromorpha waitakiensis
Scientific classification edit
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Conoidea
Family: Mitromorphidae
Genus: Mitromorpha
Species:
M. waitakiensis
Binomial name
Mitromorpha waitakiensis
(Powell, 1942)

Mitromorpha waitakiensis is an extinct species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Mitromorphidae.[1]

Description

Distribution

This extinct species is endemic to New Zealand.

References

  1. MolluscaBase (2018). Mitromorpha waitakiensis (Powell, 1942) †. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http://marinespecies.org/aphia.php/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=831649 on 2018-03-12
  • Powell, A.W.B. 1979: New Zealand Mollusca: Marine, Land and Freshwater Shells, Collins, Auckland
  • 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 ☰ Q54984675 entry