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Clavatoma pulchra

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Clavatoma pulchra
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Conoidea
Family: Pseudomelatomidae
Genus: Clavatoma
Species:
C. pulchra
Binomial name
Clavatoma pulchra
Powell, 1942

Clavatoma pulchra is an extinct species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Pseudomelatomidae, the turrids and allies[1]

Description

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The length of the shell attains 25 mm. It is solid and heavily sculptured.

Distribution

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This extinct species is endemic to New Zealand and was found in Pliocene strata of Opoitian and Waipipian rocks of northern Wairarapa

References

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  1. ^ a b MolluscaBase (2018). Clavatoma pulchra Powell, 1942 †. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=831551 on 2018-06-02
  • Powell, Arthur William Baden. "The New Zealand recent and fossil Mollusca of the family Turridae with general notes on Turrid nomenclature and systematics." (1942); Bulletin of the Auckland Institute and Museum 2: 192 pp.
  • 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
  • Aidan Gordon Milner (2017), The Pliocene-Pleistocene development, uplift and emergence history of the Manawatu Strait, New Zealand; thesis submitted to the Victoria University of Wellington
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