Jump to content

Austrodrillia rawitensis

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Austrodrillia rawitensis
Scientific classification Edit this classification
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

[edit]

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

Distribution

[edit]

This marine species is endemic to New Zealand.

References

[edit]
  1. ^ a b 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, Margaret S.; Hayward, Bruce W.; Raven, Jenny L.; Foreman, Geoff A.; Grenfell, Hugh R. (2006). "Intertidal and Shallow Subtidal Biota of Mahia Peninsula, Hawke's Bay". Records of the Auckland Museum. 43: 11–41. ISSN 1174-9202. JSTOR 42905883. Wikidata Q58623350.
[edit]