Awateria wairoaensis

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

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

Distribution

This extinct marine species is endemic to New Zealand.

References

1. Marshall, B. (2015). Awateria wairoaensis Powell, 1942 †. In: MolluscaBase (2015). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=831593 on 2016-02-11

• AWB Powell - 1942, The New Zealand Recent and Fossil Mollusca of the Family Turridae: With General Notes on Turrid Nomenclature and Systematics; Unity Press limited, printers
• 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.