''Aoteadrillia consequens'' is an extinct

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, a marine

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in the

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Horaiclavidae Horaiclavidae is a family of predatory sea snail Sea snails are slow-moving marine (ocean), marine gastropod Mollusca, molluscs, usually with visible external shells, such as whelk or abalone. They share the Taxonomic classification, taxonomi ...

.Marshall, B. (2015). Aoteadrillia consequens (Laws, 1936) †. In: MolluscaBase (2015). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=831544 on 2016-12-27

Description

The length of the shell attains 8 mm (estimated), its diameter 3 mm. Fossil range is Phanerozoic > Cenozoic > Neogene > Pliocene. Their functional type is Benthos. Their feeding type was predatory.

Distribution

This extinct marine species was

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to New Zealand and was found in the fossiliferous beds at Kaawa Creek.

References

Laws, Charles Reed. "The Waitotaran Faunule at Kaawa Creek." part 2; Royal Society of New Zealand, 1936
* 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. consequens Gastropods of New Zealand Gastropods described in 1936 Taxa named by Charles Reed Laws {{Horaiclavidae-stub