Wairarapa (gastropod)

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Wairarapa
Wairarapa duplaris
Scientific classification Edit this 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[edit]

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[edit]

The species type of this genus is extinct and was endemic to New Zealand. W. duplaris occurs off North Australia to Queensland, Auistralia.

Species[edit]

References[edit]

  1. ^ 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

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