Acremodontina varicosa is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Trochaclididae, the false top snails.[1]
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| Shell of Acremodontina varicosa (paratype at MNHN, Paris) | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Vetigastropoda |
| Superfamily: | Seguenzioidea |
| Family: | Trochaclididae |
| Genus: | Acremodontina |
| Species: | A. varicosa
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| Acremodontina varicosa Marshall, 1995
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Description
editThe length of the shell attains 2.67 mm, its diameter 2.57 mm.
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Distribution
editThis marine species is endemic to New Zealand and occurs off northwest of Three Kings Islands.
Fossils have been found in Pliocene strata on Pitt Island, Chatham Islands.
References
edit- ^ Rosenberg, G. (2012). Acremodontina varicosa Marshall, 1995. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=594283 on 2012-12-23
- 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.
- 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.
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