Atalacmea elata
| Atalacmea elata | |
|---|---|
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Patellogastropoda |
| Family: | Lottiidae |
| Genus: | Atalacmea |
| Species: | †A. elata
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| Binomial name | |
| †Atalacmea elata Marwick, 1928
| |
Atalacmea elata is an extinct species of sea snail or true limpet, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Lottiidae, one of the families of true limpets.[1]
Distribution
This extinct marine species was endemic to New Zealand.
References
- ^ Atalacmea elata Marwick, 1928. 23 December 2025. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species.
- 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.
External links
- Marwick, J. (1928). "The Tertiary Mollusca of the Chatham Islands, including a generic review of the New Zealand Pectinidae". Transactions of the New Zealand Institute. 58: 473.