Wairarapa (gastropod)
Appearance
Wairarapa | |
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Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Mollusca |
Class: | Gastropoda |
Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
Order: | Neogastropoda |
Superfamily: | Conoidea |
Family: | Drilliidae |
Genus: | Wairarapa Vella, 1954 |
Type species | |
† Wairarapa rebecca Vella, 1954 | |
Species | |
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Wairarapa is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Drilliidae.[1]
Description
This genus was proposed by Vella in 1954 for species resembling Splendrillia, but having a different protoconch, another subsutural fold and showing a stromboid notch
Distribution
The species type of this genus is extinct and was endemic to New Zealand. W. duplaris occurs off North Australia to Queensland, Auistralia.
Species
- Wairarapa duplaris (Hedley, 1922)
- † Wairarapa rebecca Vella, 1954
References
- ^ Marshall, B. (2015). Wairarapa. In: MolluscaBase (2015). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=432590 on 2016-12-11