Acremodontina varicosa explained

Acremodontina varicosa is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Trochaclididae, the false top snails.^[1]

Description

The length of the shell attains 2.67 mm, its diameter 2.57 mm.

Distribution

This marine species is endemic to New Zealand and occurs off northwest of Three Kings Islands.

Fossils have been found in Pliocene strata on Pitt Island, Chatham Islands.

References

• Spencer, H.G., Marshall, B.A. & Willan, R.C. (2009). Checklist of New Zealand living Mollusca. Pp 196-219. in: Gordon, D.P. (ed.) New Zealand inventory of biodiversity. Volume one. Kingdom Animalia: Radiata, Lophotrochozoa, Deuterostomia. Canterbury University Press, Christchurch.
• 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

• Marshall, B. A. (1995). Recent and Tertiary Trochaclididae from the southwest Pacific (Mollusca: Gastropoda: Trochoidea). The Veliger. 38: 92-115.

Notes and References

1. Rosenberg, G. (2012). Acremodontina varicosa Marshall, 1995. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=594283 on 2012-12-23