''Maoridaphne clifdenica'' 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

Raphitomidae Raphitomidae is a family of small to medium-sized sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the superfamily Conoidea.Bouchet P. & Rocroi J.-P. (Ed.) (2005). "Classification and nomenclator of gastropod families". '' Malacologia'' 47(1-2). . 3 ...

.MolluscaBase (2019). MolluscaBase. Maoridaphne clifdenica (Laws, 1939) †. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=831730 on 2019-07-26

Description

Distribution

Fossils of this species were found in New Zealand

References

* C. R. Laws. 1939. ''The molluscan faunule at Pakaurangi Point, Kaipara - No. 1.'' Transactions and Proceedings of the royal Society of New Zealand 68(4):466-503 * 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. clifdenica Gastropods described in 1939 Gastropods of New Zealand Taxa named by Charles Reed Laws {{paleo-Raphitomidae-stub