Mauidrillia occidentalis is an extinct species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Horaiclavidae.[1]
| Mauidrillia occidentalis | |
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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: | Horaiclavidae |
| Genus: | Mauidrillia |
| Species: | M. occidentalis
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| Binomial name | |
| Mauidrillia occidentalis Maxwell, 1988
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Description
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Distribution
editThis extinct marine species is endemic to New Zealand
References
edit- ^ a b Marshall, B. (2015). Mauidrillia occidentalis. In: MolluscaBase (2015). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=831569 on 2017-02-08
- Maxwell, P.A. 1988, Late Miocene deep-water Mollusca from the Stillwater Mudstone at Greymouth, Westland, New Zealand : paleoecology and systematics. Lower Hutt: New Zealand Geological Survey. New Zealand Geological Survey paleontological bulletin 55. 120 p.
- 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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