Wairarapa (gastropod)

Wairarapa is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Drilliidae.

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

Species

 * Wairarapa duplaris (Hedley, 1922)
 * † Wairarapa rebecca Vella, 1954