Maoridaphne haroldi is an extinct species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Raphitomidae.[1] Fossils of this species were found in Miocene strata in New Zealand; age range: 19.0 to 15.9 Ma.
| Maoridaphne haroldi | |
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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. haroldi
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| Binomial name | |
| †Maoridaphne haroldi Powell, 1942
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References
edit- ^ a b MolluscaBase (2019). MolluscaBase. Maoridaphne haroldi Powell, 1942 †. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=831731 on 2019-07-26
- Powell, Arthur William Baden. The New Zealand Recent and Fossil Mollusca of the Family Turridae: With General Notes on Turrid Nomenclature and Systematics. No. 2. Unity Press limited, printers, 1942.
- 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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