Phenatoma decessor is an extinct species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Borsoniidae.[1]
| Phenatoma decessor | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
| Order: | Neogastropoda |
| Superfamily: | Conoidea |
| Family: | Borsoniidae |
| Genus: | Phenatoma |
| Species: | P. decessor
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| Binomial name | |
| Phenatoma decessor Marwick, 1928
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Description edit
The length of the shell is 17 mm, its width 6 mm. Marwick considered this species a direct ancestor of Phenatoma rosea to which it closely resembles in shape and ornamentation.
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Distribution edit
This extinct marine species was endemic to New Zealand and fossils were found in fossiliferous beds of calcareous tuffs at Whenuaturu Peninsula.
References edit
- ^ a b Marshall, B. (2015). Phenatoma decessor Marwick, 1928 †. In: MolluscaBase (2015). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=831651 on 2016-03-21
- J. "The Tertiary Mollusca of the Chatham Islands including a generic revision of the New Zealand Pectinidae." Transactions of the New Zealand institute. Vol. 58. No. 4. 1928
- 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.