Mioawateria aitanga

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Mioawateria aitanga
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Conoidea
Family: Raphitomidae
Genus: Mioawateria
Species:
M. aitanga
Binomial name
Mioawateria aitanga
Grant-Mackie & Chapman-Smith, 1971

Mioawateria aitanga is an extinct species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Raphitomidae.[1]

Description[edit]

The length of the shell attains 8.6 mm, its diameter 4.8 mm.

Distribution[edit]

Fossils of this marine species were found in New Zealand.

References[edit]

  1. ^ MolluscaBase (2019). MolluscaBase. Mioawateria aitanga Grant-Mackie & Chapman-Smith, 1971 †. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=831733 on 2019-07-29
  • 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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