''Drilliola maoria'' 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 ...

, 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 Borsoniidae.Marshall, B. (2015). Drilliola maoria (Powell, 1942) †. In: MolluscaBase (2015). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=831621 on 2016-03-05

Distribution

This fossil species was endemic to New Zealand.

References

* Powell, Arthur William Baden. ''The New Zealand Recent and Fossil Mollusca of the Family Turridae: With General Notes on Turrid Nomenclature and Systematics. No. 2''. Unity Press limited, printers, 1942. * 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. {{DEFAULTSORT:Drilliola Maoria maoria Gastropods of New Zealand Extinct animals of New Zealand Gastropods described in 1942