Antimelatoma waimea is an extinct species of predatory sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Pseudomelatomidae.[1]

Antimelatoma waimea
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Conoidea
Family: Pseudomelatomidae
Genus: Antimelatoma
Species:
A. waimea
Binomial name
Antimelatoma waimea
Beu, 2011

Description edit

Distribution edit

This extinct marine species is endemic to New Zealand

References edit

  1. ^ a b MolluscaBase (2018). Antimelatoma waimea Beu, 2011 †. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=831453 on 2018-04-24

External links edit

  • Beu, A.G. 2011 Marine Molluscs of oxygen isotope stages of the last 2 million years in New Zealand. Part 4. Gastropoda (Ptenoglossa, Neogastropoda, Heterobranchia). Journal of the Royal Society of New Zealand 41, 1–153