Kaiparathina navakaensis

Kaiparathina navakaensis
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Clade: Vetigastropoda
Superfamily: Trochoidea (superfamily)
Family: Trochidae
Genus: Kaiparathina
Species: K. navakaensis
Binomial name
Kaiparathina navakaensis
(Ladd, 1982)

Kaiparathina navakaensis is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Trochidae. It is only known as a fossil.[1]

Distribution

Kaiparathina navakaensis is known only from the Pleistocene of Vanuatu, but Bruce Marshall (1993) recorded Recent material from New Caledonia as Kaiparathina cf. navakaensis [1]

References

  1. 1 2 Bouchet, P. (2013). Kaiparathina navakaensis (Ladd, 1982). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=742266 on 2014-03-13

External links

External identifiers for Kaiparathina navakaensis
WoRMS 742266


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