Liracraea titirangiensis explained

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

Description

The length of the shell attains, its diameter .

Distribution

This extinct species is endemic to New Zealand and fossils were found off the Chatham Islands

References

• J. Marwick. 1928. The Tertiary Mollusca of the Chatham Islands including a generic revision of the New Zealand Petinidae. Transactions of the New Zealand Institute 58:432–506
• 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.

Notes and References

1. Marshall, Bruce . 2015 . Liracraea titirangiensis Marwick, 1928 † . 831712 . 24 February 2020 . Marine Mollusca.