RECENT AND TERTIARY TROCHACLIDIDAE FROM THE SOUTHWEST PACIFIC (MOLLUSCA, GASTROPODA, TROCHOIDEA)

Authors
Citation
Ba. Marshall, RECENT AND TERTIARY TROCHACLIDIDAE FROM THE SOUTHWEST PACIFIC (MOLLUSCA, GASTROPODA, TROCHOIDEA), The Veliger, 38(2), 1995, pp. 92-115
Citations number
27
Categorie Soggetti
Marine & Freshwater Biology",Zoology
Journal title
ISSN journal
00423211
Volume
38
Issue
2
Year of publication
1995
Pages
92 - 115
Database
ISI
SICI code
0042-3211(1995)38:2<92:RATTFT>2.0.ZU;2-P
Abstract
Twenty-three species of the Trochaclididae (15 new species) are record ed, 17 from the New Zealand region, five from Australia, and one from New Caledonia. These taxa are referred to Trochaclis Thiele, 1912 (Ear ly Miocene-Recent), Acremodonta Marshall, 1983 (Recent), Acremodontina gen. nov. (Early Miocene-Recent), and Austrotrochaclis gen. nov. (Rec ent). Trochaclidid radulae with central and lateral teeth that are str ongly differentiated from the marginal teeth are recorded for the firs t time.