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Alaginella totangiensis

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Alaginella totangiensis
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Family: Marginellidae
Genus: Alaginella
Species:
A. totangiensis
Binomial name
Alaginella totangiensis
(Marwick, 1931)
Synonyms
  • Marginella totangiensis Marwick, 1931 (superseded combination)

Alaginella totangiensis is an extinct species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Marginellidae, the margin snails.[1]

Distribution

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Fossils of this marine species were found in Tertiary strata in Gisborne District, New Zealand.

References

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  • Marwick, J. (1931). "The Tertiary Mollusca of the Gisborne District". New Zealand Geological Survey Paleontological Bulletin. 13: 1–177.
  • 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, Deuterostomi. Christchurch: Canterbury University Press. pp. 232–254.