Phenatoma perlata

Phenatoma perlata
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Caenogastropoda
Order:	Neogastropoda
Superfamily:	Conoidea
Family:	Borsoniidae
Genus:	Phenatoma
Species:	P. perlata
Binomial name
	Phenatoma perlata; (Suter, 1917)

Last updated August 24, 2025

Phenatoma perlata is an extinct species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Borsoniidae.^[1]

Distribution

This extinct marine species was endemic to New Zealand.

References

↑ Marshall, B. (2015). Phenatoma perlata (Suter, 1917) †. In: MolluscaBase (2015). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=831653 on 2016-03-21

Suter, Henry. Descriptions of New Tertiary Mollusca Occurring in New Zealand Part I. 1917.
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.

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[WoRMS-1] Marshall, B. (2015). Phenatoma perlata (Suter, 1917) †. In: MolluscaBase (2015). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=831653 on 2016-03-21

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