Antiguraleus makaraensis
| Antiguraleus makaraensis | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
| Order: | Neogastropoda |
| Superfamily: | Conoidea |
| Family: | Mangeliidae |
| Genus: | Antiguraleus |
| Species: | A. makaraensis |
| Binomial name | |
| Antiguraleus makaraensis Vella, 1954 | |
Antiguraleus makaraensis is an extinct species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Mangeliidae.[1]
A.G. Beu (2009) adopted Probebela for all the southern hemisphere taxa previously referred to Antiguraleus.[2]
Description
The length of the shell attains 7 mm, its diameter 3 mm.
Distribution
This extinct marine species occurred in the North Island, New Zealand.
References
- ^ a b Marshall, B. (2015). Antiguraleus makaraensis Vella, 1954 †. In: MolluscaBase (2015). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=831682 on 7 March 2017
- ^ "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."
- Vella, Paul. "Tertiary Mollusca from south-east Wairarapa." Transactions of the Royal Society of New Zealand. Vol. 81. No. 4. 1954.
- 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.