Marshallena neozelanica is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Marshallenidae.[1]
| Marshallena neozelanica | |
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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: | Marshallenidae |
| Genus: | Marshallena |
| Species: | M. neozelanica
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| Binomial name | |
| Marshallena neozelanica (Suter, 1917)
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Description
editThe length of the fusiform shell varies between 18 mm and 25 mm.
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Distribution
editThis marine species was found as a fossil off Ninety Mile Beach, North Island, New Zealand but live specimens can still be found in the Indo-Pacific at mid-shelf to bathyal habitats [2]
References
edit- ^ a b Marshall, B. (2015). Marshallena neozelanica (Suter, 1917) †. In: MolluscaBase (2015). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=831440 on 5 February 2017
- ^ A.W.B. Powell (1969), "The family Turridae in the Indo-Pacific. Part 12. The subfamily Turriculinae; Indo-Pacific Mollusca, 2 (10) 207–415
- Suter, Henry. Descriptions of New Tertiary Mollusca Occurring in New Zealand Part I. 1917.
- 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
edit- H. Suter (1915), Alphabetical hand-list of New Zealand Tertiary Mollusca; Wellington, N.Z. :John Mackay, govt. printer,1915
- Finlay, H. J., South Canterbury Basin, and R. S. By. "Notes on recent papers dealing with the Mollusca of New Zealand." Transactions of the New Zealand Institute. Vol. 61. 1930
- Cernohorsky, W. O. (1987). "Taxonomic Notes on Some Deep-Water Turridae (Mollusca: Gastropoda) from the Malagasy Republic". Records of the Auckland Institute and Museum. 24: 123–134. ISSN 0067-0464. JSTOR 42906368. Wikidata Q58677293.
- "A.G. Beu and J.I. Raine (2009). Revised descriptions of New Zealand Cenozoic Mollusca from Beu and Maxwell (1990). GNS Science miscellaneous series no. 27."
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