Borsonia cliffdenensis is an extinct species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Borsoniidae.[1]
| Borsonia cliffdenensis | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
| Order: | Neogastropoda |
| Superfamily: | Conoidea |
| Family: | Borsoniidae |
| Genus: | Borsonia |
| Species: | B. cliffdenensis |
| Binomial name | |
| Borsonia cliffdenensis H. Finlay, 1930 | |
Distribution
editThis extinct marine species was endemic to New Zealand.
References
edit- ↑ Marshall, B. (2016). Borsonia clifdenensis Finlay, 1930 †. In: MolluscaBase (2015). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=831614 on 2016-04-12
- Finlay, H. J. (1930). New shells from New Zealand Tertiary beds. Part 3. Transactions and Proceedings of the New Zealand Institute. 61, 49–84, 6 pls
- Powell, Arthur William Baden. The New Zealand Recent and Fossil Mollusca of the Family Turridae: With General Notes on Turrid Nomenclature and Systematics. No. 2. Unity Press limited, printers, 1942.
- 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.