| Liracraea dictyota | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
| Order: | Neogastropoda |
| Superfamily: | Conoidea |
| Family: | Mangeliidae |
| Genus: | Liracraea |
| Species: | L. dictyota |
| Binomial name | |
| Liracraea dictyota (F.W. Hutton, 1885) | |
Liracraea dictyota is an extinct species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Mangeliidae. [1]
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This extinct species is endemic to New Zealand and fossils were found off Stewart Island.
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