Thatcheria waitaraensis is an extinct species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Raphitomidae.[1]
| Thatcheria waitaraensis | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
| Order: | Neogastropoda |
| Superfamily: | Conoidea |
| Family: | Raphitomidae |
| Genus: | Thatcheria |
| Species: | T. waitaraensis
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| Binomial name | |
| Thatcheria waitaraensis (Marwick, 1926)
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Description
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Distribution
editFossils of this marine species were found in Upper Miocene strata in New Zealand
References
edit- ^ a b MolluscaBase eds. (2020). MolluscaBase. Thatcheria waitaraensis (Marwick, 1926) †. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=831744 on 2020-04-07
- Marwick, J. (1926). New Tertiary Mollusca from North Taranaki. Transactions of the New Zealand Institute. 56: 317–331.
- 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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