Jump to content

Liracraea dictyota

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Liracraea dictyota
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Conoidea
Family: Mangeliidae
Genus: Liracraea
Species:
L. dictyota
Binomial name
Liracraea dictyota
(F.W. Hutton, 1885)

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

Description

[edit]

Distribution

[edit]

This extinct species is endemic to New Zealand and fossils were found off Stewart Island.

References

[edit]
  1. ^ a b Marshall, B. (2015). Liracraea dictyota (Hutton, 1885) †. In: MolluscaBase (2017). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=831710 on 2017-08-06
  • Powell, A. W. B. (1939). "The Mollusca of Stewart Island". Records of the Auckland Institute and Museum. 2: 211–238. ISSN 0067-0464. JSTOR 42905983. Wikidata Q58676613.
  • 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.