Wairarapa is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Drilliidae.[1]
| Wairarapa | |
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| Wairarapa duplaris | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
| Order: | Neogastropoda |
| Superfamily: | Conoidea |
| Family: | Drilliidae |
| Genus: | Wairarapa Vella, 1954 |
| Type species | |
| † Wairarapa rebecca Vella, 1954
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Description edit
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 edit
The species type of this genus is extinct and was endemic to New Zealand. W. duplaris occurs off North Australia to Queensland, Auistralia.
Species edit
- Wairarapa duplaris (Hedley, 1922)
- † Wairarapa rebecca Vella, 1954
References edit
- ^ Marshall, B. (2015). Wairarapa. In: MolluscaBase (2015). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=432590 on 2016-12-11