Austrodrillia rawitensis explained

Austrodrillia rawitensis is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Horaiclavidae.^[1]

It was previously categorized within the family Turridae.

Description

The length of the shell attains 15 mm, its diameter 6 mm.

Distribution

This marine species is endemic to New Zealand.

References

• Hedley, Charles. A revision of the Australian Turridae. Vol. 13. 1922
• Powell, A.W.B. 1979: New Zealand Mollusca: Marine, Land and Freshwater Shells, Collins, Auckland
• Maxwell, P.A. (1988) Late Miocene deep-water Mollusca from the Stillwater Mudstone at Greymouth, Westland, New Zealand: paleoecology and systematics. New Zealand Geological Survey Paleontological Bulletin, 55, 1–120

External links

• Spencer H.G., Willan R.C., Marshall B.A. & Murray T.J. (2011) Checklist of the Recent Mollusca Recorded from the New Zealand Exclusive Economic Zone

Notes and References

1. Marshall, B. (2014). Austrodrillia rawitensis Hedley, 1922. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=435633 on 31 January 2015