Wairarapa (gastropod) facts for kids
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Scientific classification  |
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
| Order: | Neogastropoda |
| Superfamily: | Conoidea |
| Family: | Drilliidae |
| Genus: | Wairarapa Vella, 1954 |
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| † Wairarapa rebecca Vella, 1954 |
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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
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