Marshallena neozelanica

Marshallena neozelanica is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Marshallenidae.

Description

The length of the fusiform shell varies between 18 mm and 25 mm.

Distribution

This marine species was found as a fossil off Ninety Mile Beach, North Island, New Zealand but live specimens can still be found in the Indo-Pacific at mid-shelf to bathyal habitats

References

• Suter, Henry. Descriptions of New Tertiary Mollusca Occurring in New Zealand Part I. 1917.
• 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.

External links

• H. Suter (1915), Alphabetical hand-list of New Zealand Tertiary Mollusca; Wellington, N.Z. :John Mackay, govt. printer,1915
• Finlay, H. J., South Canterbury Basin, and R. S. By. "Notes on recent papers dealing with the Mollusca of New Zealand." Transactions of the New Zealand Institute. Vol. 61. 1930
• "A.G. Beu and J.I. Raine (2009). Revised descriptions of New Zealand Cenozoic Mollusca from Beu and Maxwell (1990). GNS Science miscellaneous series no. 27."