Acanthodaphne pusula is an extinct species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Raphitomidae.[1]
| Acanthodaphne pusula | |
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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: | Raphitomidae |
| Genus: | Acanthodaphne |
| Species: | A. pusula
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| Binomial name | |
| Acanthodaphne pusula (C.R. Laws, 1947)
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Description
editThis species was first described by Charles Reed Laws in 1947 and named Puha pusula.[2]
Distribution
editFossils of this marine species were found in Early Miocene strata in New Zealand
References
edit- ^ MolluscaBase (2019). MolluscaBase. Acanthodaphne pusula (Laws, 1947) †. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1376977 on 2019-12-30
- ^ C R Laws (September 1947). "Tertiary Mollusca from Hokianga District, North Auckland" (PDF). Transactions and Proceedings of the Royal Society of New Zealand. 76: 537–541. ISSN 1176-6166. Wikidata Q89182942.
- 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
External links
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