| Phenatoma decessor | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
| Order: | Neogastropoda |
| Superfamily: | Conoidea |
| Family: | Borsoniidae |
| Genus: | Phenatoma |
| Species: | P. decessor |
| Binomial name | |
| Phenatoma decessor Marwick, 1928 | |
Phenatoma decessor is an extinct species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Borsoniidae. [1]
The length of the shell is 17 mm, its width 6 mm. Marwick considered this species a direct ancestor of Phenatoma rosea to which it closely resembles in shape and ornamentation.
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This extinct marine species was endemic to New Zealand and fossils were found in fossiliferous beds of calcareous tuffs at Whenuaturu Peninsula.
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