Scrinium callimorphum
Appearance
Scrinium callimorphum | |
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Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Mollusca |
Class: | Gastropoda |
Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
Order: | Neogastropoda |
Superfamily: | Conoidea |
Family: | Mitromorphidae |
Genus: | Scrinium |
Species: | S. callimorphum
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Binomial name | |
Scrinium callimorphum (Suter, 1917)
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Synonyms[1] | |
† Euthria callimorpha Suter, 191 (original combination) |
Scrinium callimorphum is an extinct species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Mitromorphidae.[1]
Description
[edit]The length of the shell attains 16 mm. S. callimorphum was a carnivorous gastropod that was first recorded in the Eocene period [2]
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Distribution
[edit]This extinct marine species is endemic to New Zealand, and the surrounding areas.
References
[edit]- ^ a b MolluscaBase (2018). Scrinium callimorphum (Suter, 1917) †. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=831656 on 2018-04-20
- ^ "Mindat.org". www.mindat.org. Retrieved 24 October 2022.
- 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