''Aoteadrillia alpha'' is an extinct species of

sea snail Sea snail is a common name for slow-moving marine gastropod molluscs, usually with visible external shells, such as whelk or abalone. They share the taxonomic class Gastropoda with slugs, which are distinguished from snails primarily by the ...

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mollusk in the family

Horaiclavidae Horaiclavidae is a family of predatory sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the superfamily Conoidea. In 2011 this family was split off from the family Pseudomelatomidae (formerly the subfamily Crassispirinae McLean, 1971) by Bouchet P., Ka ...

.Marshall, B. (2015). Aoteadrillia alpha (L. C. King, 1933) †. In: MolluscaBase (2015). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=831540 on 2016-12-26

Description

The length of the shell attains 12 mm, its diameter 4.5 mm.

Distribution

This extinct marine species was endemic to New Zealand. The holotype was found at the sea cliffs east of Lake Ferry, Palliser Bay, and off South Wairarapa.

References

King, L. C. "Tertiary molluscan faunas from the southern Wairarapa." Transactions of the New Zealand Institute. Vol. 63. p. 349; 1933
* 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.

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