Glaphyrina plicata

Glaphyrina plicata
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Caenogastropoda
Order:	Neogastropoda
Family:	Fasciolariidae
Genus:	Glaphyrina
Species:	G. plicata
Binomial name
Glaphyrina plicata Powell, 1929
Synonyms
†Glaphyrina marwickiBeu, 1965

Glaphyrina plicata is a species of large sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Fasciolariidae. ^[1]

Distribution

This species is endemic to the northern part of the North Island of New Zealand. It is found in waters of about 80 m.

The shell height is up to 44.5 mm, and width up to 19.5 mm.

References

1. MolluscaBase eds. (2020). MolluscaBase. Glaphyrina plicata Powell, 1929. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=447113 on 2021-01-01

• Powell A W B, New Zealand Mollusca, William Collins Publishers Ltd, Auckland, New Zealand 1979 ISBN   0-00-216906-1
• Powell A.W.B. (1929) The Recent and Tertiary species of the genus Buccinulum in New Zealand, with a review of related genera and families. Transactions of the New Zealand Institute 60: 57-101, pls 1-4. [Published 31 May 1929]

page(s): 97

• Beu, A.G. (1965) Lower Pleistocene Mollusca from Devil's Elbow, Hawke's Bay. Transactions of the Royal Society of New Zealand, Geology, 3, 139–149.
• Spencer, H.G., Marshall, B.A. & Willan, R.C. (2009). Checklist of New Zealand living Mollusca. Pp 196-219. in: Gordon, D.P. (ed.) New Zealand inventory of biodiversity. Volume one. Kingdom Animalia: Radiata, Lophotrochozoa, Deuterostomia. Canterbury University Press, Christchurch.
• 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.