Microdrillia pakaurangia

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

Microdrillia pakaurangia
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Conoidea
Family: Borsoniidae
Genus: Microdrillia
Species:
M. pakaurangia
Binomial name
Microdrillia pakaurangia
Powell, 1942

Distribution

This extinct marine species is endemic to New Zealand, found at Pakaurangi Point, Kaipara

References

  1. Marshall, B. (2015). Microdrillia pakaurangia Powell, 1942 †. In: MolluscaBase (2015). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=831643 on 2016-03-16
  • Powell A.W.B., 1942, The New Zealand Recent and fossil Mollusca of the family Turridae : with general notes on turrid nomenclature and systematics. Bulletin of the Auckland Institute and Museum, 2: 1–188
  • 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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