Scrinium callimorphum
| Scrinium callimorphum | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
| Order: | Neogastropoda |
| Superfamily: | Conoidea |
| Family: | Mitromorphidae |
| Genus: | Scrinium |
| Species: | S. callimorphum
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| Binomial name | |
| Scrinium callimorphum (Suter, 1917)
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| Synonyms[1] | |
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† Euthria callimorpha Suter, 191 (original combination) | |
Scrinium callimorphum is an extinct species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Mitromorphidae.[1]
Description
[edit]The length of the shell attains 16 mm. S. callimorphum was a carnivorous gastropod that was first recorded in the Eocene period [2]
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Distribution
[edit]This extinct marine species is endemic to New Zealand, and the surrounding areas.
References
[edit]- ^ a b MolluscaBase (2018). Scrinium callimorphum (Suter, 1917) †. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=831656 on 2018-04-20
- ^ "Mindat.org". www.mindat.org. Retrieved 24 October 2022.
- 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