Microdrillia pakaurangia explained

Microdrillia pakaurangia is an extinct species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Borsoniidae.^[1]

Distribution

This extinct marine species is endemic to New Zealand, found at Pakaurangi Point, Kaipara

References

• Powell A.W.B., 1942, The New Zealand Recent and fossil Mollusca of the family Turridae : with general notes on turrid nomenclature and systematics. Bulletin of the Auckland Institute and Museum, 2: 1–188
• 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

• Bouchet P., Kantor Yu.I., Sysoev A. & Puillandre N. (2011) A new operational classification of the Conoidea. Journal of Molluscan Studies 77: 273–308
• National Paleontological Collection Database: Microdrillia pakaurangia

Notes and References

1. Marshall, B. (2015). Microdrillia pakaurangia Powell, 1942 †. In: MolluscaBase (2015). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=831643 on 2016-03-16