Marshallena curtata

Marshallena curtata
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Caenogastropoda
Order:	Neogastropoda
Superfamily:	Conoidea
Family:	Marshallenidae
Genus:	Marshallena
Species:	M. curtata
Binomial name
	Marshallena curtata; (Marwick, 1926)
Synonyms
	† Turricula curtataMarwick, 1926

Last updated September 30, 2025

Marshallena curtata is an extinct species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Marshallenidae.^[1]

Distribution

This extinct marine species was found in the middle Tongaporutuan beds of Bell's Creek, New Zealand.

References

1 2 Marshall, B. (2015). Marshallena curtata. In: MolluscaBase (2015). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=831439 on 5 February 2017

Marwick, 1926, Trans. N.Z. Inst. 56 p. 325
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.

External links

Vella, Paul. "Tertiary Mollusca from south-east Wairarapa." Transactions of the Royal Society of New Zealand. Vol. 81. No. 4. 1954

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[WoRMS-1] 1 2 Marshall, B. (2015). Marshallena curtata. In: MolluscaBase (2015). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=831439 on 5 February 2017

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Marshallena curtata

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