Liracraea dictyota
Liracraea dictyota is an extinct species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Mangeliidae.[1]
| Liracraea dictyota | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
| Order: | Neogastropoda |
| Superfamily: | Conoidea |
| Family: | Mangeliidae |
| Genus: | Liracraea |
| Species: | L. dictyota |
| Binomial name | |
| Liracraea dictyota (F.W. Hutton, 1885) | |
Distribution
This extinct species is endemic to New Zealand and fossils were found off Stewart Island.
References
- Marshall, B. (2015). Liracraea dictyota (Hutton, 1885) †. In: MolluscaBase (2017). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=831710 on 2017-08-06
- Powell, Arthur William Baden. "The Mollusca of Stewart Island." Records of the Auckland Institute and Museum 2.4 (1939): 211–238.
- 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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