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

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Borsoniidae Borsoniidae is a monophyletic family of small to medium-sized sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the superfamily Conoidea.Bouchet, P. (2011). Borsoniidae. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.o ...

.Marshall, B. (2015). Drilliola rupta (Marwick, 1931) †. In: MolluscaBase (2015). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=831624 on 2016-03-06

Distribution

This fossil species was endemic to

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References

* Marwick, J. 1931: ''The Tertiary Mollusca of the Gisborne District. New Zealand''; Geological Survey Palaeontological Bulletin 13: 177 p. * 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 Rupta rupta Gastropods of New Zealand Extinct animals of New Zealand Gastropods described in 1931