Mauidrillia acuta | |
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Scientific classification ![]() | |
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]
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.
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This extinct marine species was found in Tertiary strata of the Chatham Islands and Pitt Island, New Zealand.