''Austrodrillia rawitensis'' is a
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 ...
, a marine
gastropod
The gastropods (), commonly known as snails and slugs, belong to a large taxonomic class of invertebrates within the phylum Mollusca called Gastropoda ().
This class comprises snails and slugs from saltwater, from freshwater, and from land. T ...
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. (2014). Austrodrillia rawitensis Hedley, 1922. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=435633 on 31 January 2015]
It was previously categorized within the family
Turridae
Turridae is a taxonomic family name for a number of predatory sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the superfamily Conoidea. MolluscaBase (2018). Turridae H. Adams & A. Adams, 1853 (1838). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Specie ...
.
Description
The length of the shell attains 15 mm, its diameter 6 mm.
Distribution
This marine species is endemic to
New Zealand
References
*
Hedley, Charles. A revision of the Australian Turridae. Vol. 13. 1922
* Powell, A.W.B. 1979: ''New Zealand Mollusca: Marine, Land and Freshwater Shells'', Collins, Auckland
* Maxwell, P.A. (1988) ''Late Miocene deep-water Mollusca from the Stillwater Mudstone at Greymouth, Westland, New Zealand: paleoecology and systematics.'' New Zealand Geological Survey Paleontological Bulletin, 55, 1–120
*
Morley, M.S.,
Hayward, B.W., Raven, J.L., Foreman, G.A., Grenfell, H.R. 2006: ''Intertidal and shallow subtidal biota of Mahia Peninsula, Hawkes Bay'',
Records of the Auckland Museum, 43
External links
Spencer H.G., Willan R.C., Marshall B.A. & Murray T.J. (2011) ''Checklist of the Recent Mollusca Recorded from the New Zealand Exclusive Economic Zone''
rawitensis
Gastropods of New Zealand
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