Antiguraleus deceptus is an extinct species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Mangeliidae.[1]

Antiguraleus deceptus
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Conoidea
Family: Mangeliidae
Genus: Antiguraleus
Species:
A. deceptus
Binomial name
Antiguraleus deceptus
Powell, 1942

Description

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Distribution

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This extinct marine species is endemic to New Zealand, and was found in Cenozoic strata.

References

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  1. ^ a b Marshall, B. (2015). Antiguraleus deceptus Powell, 1942 †. In: MolluscaBase (2015). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=831680 on 2017-03-06
  • Powell, Arthur William Baden. The New Zealand Recent and Fossil Mollusca of the Family Turridae: With General Notes on Turrid Nomenclature and Systematics. No. 2 p. 146. Unity Press limited, printers, 1942.
  • Powell, A. W. B. (1949). "Biological Primary Types in the Auckland Museum: No. 3. Zoological (supplement)". Records of the Auckland Institute and Museum. 3: 403–409. ISSN 0067-0464. JSTOR 42906034. Wikidata Q58676696.
  • 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.