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Antiguraleus rishworthi

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Antiguraleus rishworthi
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Conoidea
Family: Mangeliidae
Genus: Antiguraleus
Species:
A. rishworthi
Binomial name
Antiguraleus rishworthi
Vella, 1954

Antiguraleus rishworthi is an extinct species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Mangeliidae.[1]

A.G. Beu (2009) adopted Probebela for all the southern hemisphere taxa previously referred to Antiguraleus.[2]

Description

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The length of the shell attains 4.8 mm (0.19 in), its diameter 2.9 mm (0.11 in).

Distribution

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This extinct marine species occurred in the North Island, New Zealand.

References

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  1. ^ a b Marshall, B. (2015). Antiguraleus rishworthi Vella, 1954 †. In: MolluscaBase (2015). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=831683 on 7 March 2017
  2. ^ "A.G. Beu and J.I. Raine (2009). Revised descriptions of New Zealand Cenozoic Mollusca from Beu and Maxwell (1990). GNS Science miscellaneous series no. 27."
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