Kaiparathina navakaensis
Kaiparathina navakaensis is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Trochidae. It is only known as a fossil.[1]
| Kaiparathina navakaensis | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Vetigastropoda |
| Order: | Trochida |
| Superfamily: | Trochoidea |
| Family: | Trochidae |
| Genus: | Kaiparathina |
| Species: | K. navakaensis |
| Binomial name | |
| Kaiparathina navakaensis (Ladd, 1982) | |
Distribution
Kaiparathina navakaensis is known only from the Pleistocene of Vanuatu, but Bruce Marshall (1993) recorded Recent material from New Caledonia as Kaiparathina cf. navakaensis [1]
References
- Bouchet, P. (2013). Kaiparathina navakaensis (Ladd, 1982). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=742266 on 2014-03-13
- Marshall B.A. (1993) A review of the genus Kaiparathina Laws, 1941 (Mollusca: Gastropoda: Trochoidea). The Veliger 36: 185-198
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