Maoridaphne clifdenica is an extinct species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Raphitomidae.[1]
| Maoridaphne clifdenica | |
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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: | †Maoridaphne |
| Species: | †M. clifdenica
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| Binomial name | |
| †Maoridaphne clifdenica (Laws, 1939)
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| Synonyms[1] | |
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† Daphnella clifdenica Laws, 1939 (original combination) | |
Description
editThis section needs expansion. You can help by adding to it. (July 2019) |
Distribution
editFossils of this species were found in New Zealand
References
edit- ^ a b MolluscaBase (2019). MolluscaBase. Maoridaphne clifdenica (Laws, 1939) †. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=831730 on 2019-07-26
- C. R. Laws. 1939. The molluscan faunule at Pakaurangi Point, Kaipara - No. 1. Transactions and Proceedings of the royal Society of New Zealand 68(4):466-503
- 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.
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