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Mauidrillia inaequalis

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Mauidrillia inaequalis
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Conoidea
Family: Horaiclavidae
Genus: Mauidrillia
Species:
M. inaequalis
Binomial name
Mauidrillia inaequalis
A.W.B. Powell, 1942

Mauidrillia inaequalis is an extinct species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Horaiclavidae.[1]

Description

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Distribution

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This extinct marine species is endemic to New Zealand and was found in Miocene strata of South Island.

References

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  1. ^ a b Marshall, B. (2015). Mauidrillia inaequalis. In: MolluscaBase (2015). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=831567 on 2017-02-08
  • Powell, A.W.B. 1942: The New Zealand Recent and fossil Mollusca of the family Turridae. Bulletin of the Auckland Institute and Museum 2: 188 p
  • P. A. Maxwell. 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
  • 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