Aoteadrillia consequens

Aoteadrillia consequens
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Caenogastropoda
Order:	Neogastropoda
Superfamily:	Conoidea
Family:	Horaiclavidae
Genus:	Aoteadrillia
Species:	A. consequens
Binomial name
Aoteadrillia consequens (Laws, 1936)
Synonyms [1]
Austrodrillia consequensC.R. Laws, 1936

Aoteadrillia consequens is an extinct species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Horaiclavidae. ^[1]

Description

The length of the shell attains 8 mm (estimated), its diameter 3 mm.

Fossil range is Phanerozoic > Cenozoic > Neogene > Pliocene. ^[1]

Their functional type is Benthos. ^[1]

Their feeding type was predatory. ^[1]

Distribution

This extinct marine species was endemic to New Zealand and was found in the fossiliferous beds at Kaawa Creek.

References

1. Marshall, B. (2015). Aoteadrillia consequens (Laws, 1936) †. In: MolluscaBase (2015). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=831544 on 2016-12-27

• Laws, Charles Reed. "The Waitotaran Faunule at Kaawa Creek." part 2; Royal Society of New Zealand, 1936
• 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.