Phenatoma decessor is an extinct species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Borsoniidae.[1]
| Phenatoma decessor | |
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| Shell of † Phenatoma decessor (holotype) | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
| Order: | Neogastropoda |
| Superfamily: | Conoidea |
| Family: | Borsoniidae |
| Genus: | Phenatoma |
| Species: | †P. decessor
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| Binomial name | |
| †Phenatoma decessor Marwick, 1928
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Description
editThe length of the shell is 17 mm, its width 6 mm.
Marwick considered this species a direct ancestor of Phenatoma rosea to which it closely resembles in shape and ornamentation.
Distribution
editThis extinct marine species was endemic to New Zealand and fossils were found in fossiliferous beds of calcareous tuffs at Whenuaturu Peninsula.
References
edit- ^ a b Marshall, B. (2015). Phenatoma decessor Marwick, 1928 †. In: MolluscaBase (2015). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=831651 on 2016-03-21
- Beu, A.G. & Maxwell, P.A. (1990). "Cenozoic Mollusca of New Zealand". New Zealand Geological Survey Paleontological Bulletin. 58: 302.
{{cite journal}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link) - 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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