Mauidrillia browni is an extinct species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Horaiclavidae.[1]
Mauidrillia browni | |
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Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Mollusca |
Class: | Gastropoda |
Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
Order: | Neogastropoda |
Superfamily: | Conoidea |
Family: | Horaiclavidae |
Genus: | Mauidrillia |
Species: | M. browni
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Binomial name | |
Mauidrillia browni Marwick, 1943
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Description
editThe length of the shell attains 7 mm, its diameter 3 mm.
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Distribution
editThis extinct marine species was found in Tertiary strata of the North Otago, New Zealand.
References
edit- ^ a b Marshall, B. (2015). Mauidrillia browni. In: MolluscaBase (2015). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=831561 on 2017-02-08
- Marwick, J. Some Tertiary Mollusca from North Otago. publisher not identified, 1943
- 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