Acanthodaphne pusula

Acanthodaphne pusula is an extinct species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Raphitomidae.[1]

Acanthodaphne pusula
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Conoidea
Family: Raphitomidae
Genus: Acanthodaphne
Species:
A. pusula
Binomial name
Acanthodaphne pusula
(C.R. Laws, 1947)
Synonyms
  • Gymnobela pusula (Laws, 1947)
  • Puha pusula C.R. Laws, 1947

Distribution

Fossils of this marine species were found in Early Miocene strata in New Zealand

References

  1. MolluscaBase (2019). MolluscaBase. Acanthodaphne pusula (Laws, 1947) †. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1376977 on 2019-12-30
  • Laws, C.R. (1947) Tertiary Mollusca from Hokianga District, North Auckland. Transactions of the Royal Society of New Zealand, 76, 537–541.
  • 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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