''Zeradina esculenta'' is an extinct
species
In biology, a species is the basic unit of classification and a taxonomic rank of an organism, as well as a unit of biodiversity. A species is often defined as the largest group of organisms in which any two individuals of the appropriate s ...
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
Mollusca is the second-largest phylum of invertebrate animals after the Arthropoda, the members of which are known as molluscs or mollusks (). Around 85,000 extant species of molluscs are recognized. The number of fossil species is e ...
in the
family
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Vanikoridae
Vanikoridae is a family of minute to medium-sized sea snails, marine gastropod molluscs in the superfamily Vanikoroidea.
Genera and species
Genera within the family Vanikoridae include:
* '' Amamiconcha'' Habe, 1961
* '' Berthais'' Melvill, 1 ...
.
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MolluscaBase eds. (2023). MolluscaBase. Zeradina esculenta Laws, 1944 †. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1053951 on 2023-11-19]
Distribution
Fossils of this marine species were found in
Tertiary
Tertiary ( ) is a widely used but obsolete term for the geologic period from 66 million to 2.6 million years ago.
The period began with the demise of the non-avian dinosaurs in the Cretaceous–Paleogene extinction event, at the start ...
strata at
Kaipara, New Zealand.
References
External links
Laws, C. R. (1944). The molluscan faunule at Pakaurangi Point, Kaipara. No. 3. Transactions of the Royal Society of New Zealand. 73: 297–312, pls. 43-45
esculenta
Gastropods described in 1944
Gastropods of New Zealand
Taxa named by Charles Reed Laws
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