Phenatoma perlata is an extinct species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Borsoniidae.[1]

Phenatoma perlata
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Conoidea
Family: Borsoniidae
Genus: Phenatoma
Species:
P. perlata
Binomial name
Phenatoma perlata
(Suter, 1917)

Description

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Distribution

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This extinct marine species was endemic to New Zealand.

References

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  1. ^ a b Marshall, B. (2015). Phenatoma perlata (Suter, 1917) †. In: MolluscaBase (2015). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=831653 on 2016-03-21
  • 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.