''Drilliola pukeuriensis'' is an extinct species of sea snail, a marine gastropod

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Borsoniidae.Marshall, B. (2015). Drilliola pukeuriensis (Powell, 1942) †. In: MolluscaBase (2015). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=831623 on 2016-03-05

Distribution

This fossil species was endemic to

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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 Pukeuriensis pukeuriensis Gastropods of New Zealand Extinct animals of New Zealand Gastropods described in 1942