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Acanthodaphne pusula

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Extinct species of gastropod

Acanthodaphne pusula
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Conoidea
Family: Raphitomidae
Genus: Acanthodaphne
Species: A. pusula
Binomial name
Acanthodaphne pusula
(C.R. Laws, 1947)
Synonyms
  • † Gymnobela pusula (Laws, 1947)
  • † Puha pusula C.R. Laws, 1947

Acanthodaphne pusula is an extinct species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Raphitomidae.

Description

This species was first described by Charles Reed Laws in 1947 and named Puha pusula.

Distribution

Fossils of this marine species were found in Early Miocene strata in New Zealand

References

  1. MolluscaBase (2019). MolluscaBase. Acanthodaphne pusula (Laws, 1947) †. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1376977 on 2019-12-30
  2. C R Laws (September 1947). "Tertiary Mollusca from Hokianga District, North Auckland" (PDF). Transactions and Proceedings of the Royal Society of New Zealand. 76: 537–541. ISSN 1176-6166. Wikidata Q89182942.
  • 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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Acanthodaphne pusula
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