Clavatoma pulchra explained

Clavatoma pulchra is an extinct species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Pseudomelatomidae, the turrids and allies^[1]

Description

The length of the shell attains 25 mm.

Distribution

This extinct species is endemic to New Zealand and was found in Pliocene strata of Opoitian and Waipipian rocks of northern Wairarapa

References

• Powell, Arthur William Baden. "The New Zealand recent and fossil Mollusca of the family Turridae with general notes on Turrid nomenclature and systematics." (1942); Bulletin of the Auckland Institute and Museum 2: 192 pp.
• 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
• Aidan Gordon Milner (2017), The Pliocene-Pleistocene development, uplift and emergence history of the Manawatu Strait, New Zealand; thesis submitted to the Victoria University of Wellington

External links

• A.G. Beu (1973), Descriptions of new species and notes on taxonomy of New Zealand Mollusca, No.2; Journal of the Royal Society of New Zealand 3:3, 307-332
• 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

Notes and References

1. MolluscaBase (2018). Clavatoma pulchra Powell, 1942 †. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=831551 on 2018-06-02