Mauidrillia praecophinodes explained

Mauidrillia praecophinodes is an extinct species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Horaiclavidae.^[1]

Distribution

This extinct marine species is endemic to New Zealand.

References

• Suter, Henry. Descriptions of New Tertiary Mollusca Occurring in New Zealand Part I. 1917.
• 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

• P. Marshall, Additional Fossils from Target Gully, near Oamaru; Transactions and Proceedings of the Royal Society of New Zealand (1917)
• Revised descriptions of New Zealand Cenozoic Mollusca from Beu and Maxwell (1990): Mauidrillia costifer

Notes and References

1. Marshall, B. (2015). Mauidrillia praecophinodes. In: MolluscaBase (2015). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=831570 on 2017-02-08