Mauidrillia acuta

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Mauidrillia acuta
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Conoidea
Family: Horaiclavidae
Genus: Mauidrillia
Species:
M. acuta
Binomial name
Mauidrillia acuta
(Marwick, 1928)
Synonyms [1]

Inquisitor acutusJ.Marwick, 1928

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

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Description

The length of the shell attains 12.5 mm, its diameter 4 mm. This marine genus ranges across the Indo-West Pacific, encompassing the Red Sea and East Africa to Japan, as well as along the coast of Australia.

Distribution

This extinct marine species was found in Tertiary strata of the Chatham Islands and Pitt Island, New Zealand.

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References

  1. 1 2 Marshall, B. (2015). Mauidrillia acuta. In: MolluscaBase (2015). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=831559 on 2017-02-07