Antiguraleus makaraensis explained

Antiguraleus makaraensis is an extinct species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Mangeliidae.^[1]

A.G. Beu (2009) adopted Probebela for all the southern hemisphere taxa previously referred to Antiguraleus.^[2]

Description

The length of the shell attains 7 mm, its diameter 3 mm.

Distribution

This extinct marine species occurred in the North Island, New Zealand.

References

• Vella, Paul. "Tertiary Mollusca from south-east Wairarapa." Transactions of the Royal Society of New Zealand. Vol. 81. No. 4. 1954.
• 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

• Collections of TePapa Museum: Antiguraleus makaraensis

Notes and References

1. Marshall, B. (2015). Antiguraleus makaraensis Vella, 1954 †. In: MolluscaBase (2015). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=831682 on 7 March 2017
2. https://www.gns.cri.nz/static/Mollusca/taxa/BM475.html "A.G. Beu and J.I. Raine (2009). Revised descriptions of New Zealand Cenozoic Mollusca from Beu and Maxwell (1990). GNS Science miscellaneous series no. 27."