Phenatoma zealandica

Phenatoma zealandica
Phenatoma zealandica
abapertural view of the shell of Phenatoma zealandica
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
(unranked): clade Caenogastropoda
clade Hypsogastropoda
clade Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Conoidea
Family: Borsoniidae [1]
Genus: Phenatoma
Species: P. zealandica
Binomial name
Phenatoma zealandica
(E. A. Smith, 1877)
Synonyms
  • Pleurotoma zealandica E. A. Smith, 1877
  • Drillia cheesemani Hutton, 1878

Phenatoma zealandica, common name the new Zealand turrid, is a species of predatory sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Borsoniidae.[2]

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Description

The size of an adult shell varies between 10 mm and 15 mm.

Distribution

This marine species occurs along New Zealand.

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References

  1. ^ Bouchet P., Kantor Yu.I., Sysoev A. & Puillandre N. (2011) A new operational classification of the Conoidea. Journal of Molluscan Studies 77: 273-308.
  2. ^ WoRMS (2009). Phenatoma zealandica (Smith E. A., 1877). In: Bouchet, P.; Gofas, S.; Rosenberg, G. (2009) World Marine Mollusca database. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=434596 on 14 August 2011

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