Antiguraleus taranakiensis
Antiguraleus taranakiensis is an extinct species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Mangeliidae.[1]
| Antiguraleus taranakiensis | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
| Order: | Neogastropoda |
| Superfamily: | Conoidea |
| Family: | Mangeliidae |
| Genus: | Antiguraleus |
| Species: | A. taranakiensis |
| Binomial name | |
| Antiguraleus taranakiensis (Marwick, 1926) | |
| Synonyms[1] | |
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† Mangilia taranakiensis Marwick, 1926 | |
A.G. Beu (2009) adopted Probebela for all the southern hemisphere taxa previously referred to Antiguraleus.[2]
Description
The length of the shell attains 6 mm, its diameter 4 mm.
Distribution
This extinct marine species occurred on New Zealand in Late Middle Miocene-Late Miocene strata (Waiauan-Kapitean)
References
- Marshall, B. (2015). Antiguraleus rishworthi Vella, 1954 †. In: MolluscaBase (2015). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=831683 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."
- Marwick J. (1926) 1926: New Tertiary Mollusca from North Taranaki. Transactions of the New Zealand Institute 56: 317–33
- 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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