Biology:Thatcheria waitaraensis

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Short description: Extinct species of gastropod

Thatcheria waitaraensis
Scientific classification edit
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Conoidea
Family: Raphitomidae
Genus: Thatcheria
Species:
T. waitaraensis
Binomial name
Thatcheria waitaraensis
(Marwick, 1926)
Synonyms[1]
  • Turricula waitaraensis Marwick, 1926
  • Waitara waitaraensis (Marwick, 1926)

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

Description

Distribution

Fossils of this marine species were found in Upper Miocene strata in New Zealand

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 MolluscaBase eds. (2020). MolluscaBase. Thatcheria waitaraensis (Marwick, 1926) †. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=831744 on 2020-04-07
  • Marwick, J. (1926). New Tertiary Mollusca from North Taranaki. Transactions of the New Zealand Institute. 56: 317–331.
  • 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 ☰ Q96408051 entry