''Mitromorpha brachyspira'' is an extinct species of

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, a marine

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mollusk in the family

Mitromorphidae Mitromorphidae is a monophyletic family of small to medium-sized sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the superfamily Conoidea.Bouchet, P. (2011). Mitromorphidae Casey, 1904. In: MolluscaBase (2018). Accessed through: World Register of Marin ...

.MolluscaBase (2018). Mitromorpha brachyspira (Suter, 1917) †. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=831645 on 2018-04-18

Description

Distribution

This extinct species is endemic to New Zealand.

References

* Suter, Henry. ''Descriptions of New Tertiary Mollusca Occurring in New Zealand Part I. 1917''. * 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.

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