Papuliscala superlata is a species of minute sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk or micromollusk in the family Epitoniidae.[1]

Papuliscala superlata
Scientific classification
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(unranked):
clade Caenogastropoda

clade Hypsogastropoda

informal group Ptenoglossa
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P. superlata
Binomial name
Papuliscala superlata
(Finlay, 1930)
Synonyms[1]

Murdochella superlata Finlay, 1930

Distribution edit

This marine species is found around North Island, New Zealand.

References edit

  1. ^ a b WoRMS (2010). Papuliscala superlata. In: Bouchet, P.; Gofas, S.; Rosenberg, G. (2010) World Marine Mollusca database. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=524096 on 2011-01-23

External links edit

  • Powell A W B, New Zealand Mollusca, William Collins Publishers Ltd, Auckland, New Zealand 1979 ISBN 0-00-216906-1
  • Finlay, H. J. (1930). Additions to the Recent fauna of New Zealand. No. 3. Transactions of the New Zealand Institute. 61: 222-247
  • Brown L.G. & Neville B.D. (2015). Catalog of the recent taxa of the families Epitoniidae and Nystiellidae (Mollusca: Gastropoda) with a bibliography of the descriptive and systematic literature. Zootaxa. 3907(1): 1-188