Austrodrillia rawitensis
| Austrodrillia rawitensis | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
| Order: | Neogastropoda |
| Superfamily: | Conoidea |
| Family: | Horaiclavidae |
| Genus: | Austrodrillia |
| Species: | A. rawitensis
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| Binomial name | |
| Austrodrillia rawitensis Hedley, 1922
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| Synonyms[1] | |
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Aoteadrillia rawitensis (Hedley, 1922) | |
Austrodrillia rawitensis is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Horaiclavidae.[1]
It was previously categorized within the family Turridae.[2]
Description
The length of the shell attains 15 mm, its diameter 6 mm.
Distribution
This marine species is endemic to New Zealand.
References
- ^ a b Marshall, B. (2014). Austrodrillia rawitensis Hedley, 1922. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=435633 on 31 January 2015
- ^ Aoteadrillia rawitensis (Hedley, 1922). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 4 April 2010.
- Hedley, Charles. A revision of the Australian Turridae. Vol. 13. 1922
- Powell, A.W.B. 1979: New Zealand Mollusca: Marine, Land and Freshwater Shells, Collins, Auckland
- Maxwell, P.A. (1988) Late Miocene deep-water Mollusca from the Stillwater Mudstone at Greymouth, Westland, New Zealand: paleoecology and systematics. New Zealand Geological Survey Paleontological Bulletin, 55, 1–120
- Morley, Margaret S.; Hayward, Bruce W.; Raven, Jenny L.; Foreman, Geoff A.; Grenfell, Hugh R. (2006). "Intertidal and Shallow Subtidal Biota of Mahia Peninsula, Hawke's Bay". Papahou: Records of the Auckland Museum. 43: 11–41. ISSN 1174-9202. JSTOR 42905883. Wikidata Q58623350.