Acremodontina varicosa
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| Shell of Acremodontina varicosa (paratype at MNHN, Paris) | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Vetigastropoda |
| Superfamily: | Seguenzioidea |
| Family: | Trochaclididae |
| Genus: | Acremodontina |
| Species: | A. varicosa
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| Binomial name | |
| Acremodontina varicosa Marshall, 1995
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Acremodontina varicosa is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Trochaclididae, the false top snails.[1]
Description
[edit]The length of the shell attains 2.67 mm, its diameter 2.57 mm.
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Distribution
[edit]This marine species is endemic to New Zealand and occurs off northwest of Three Kings Islands.
Fossils have been found in Pliocene strata on Pitt Island, Chatham Islands.
References
[edit]- ^ Rosenberg, G. (2012). Acremodontina varicosa Marshall, 1995. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=594283 on 2012-12-23
- Spencer, H.G., Marshall, B.A. & Willan, R.C. (2009). Checklist of New Zealand living Mollusca. Pp 196-219. in: Gordon, D.P. (ed.) New Zealand inventory of biodiversity. Volume one. Kingdom Animalia: Radiata, Lophotrochozoa, Deuterostomia. Canterbury University Press, Christchurch.
- 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.
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