Superregnum: Eukaryota
Cladus: Unikonta
Cladus: Opisthokonta
Cladus: Holozoa
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Cladus: Protostomia
Cladus: Spiralia
Cladus: Lophotrochozoa
Phylum: Mollusca
Classis: Gastropoda
Subclassis: Caenogastropoda
Ordo: Neogastropoda
Superfamilia: Conoidea
Familia: Drilliidae
Genus: Wairarapa
Wairarapa duplaris
Wairarapa is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Drilliidae.[1]
Description
This genus was proposed by Vella in 1954 for species resembling Splendrillia, but having a different protoconch, another subsutural fold and showing a stromboid notch
Distribution
The species type of this genus is extinct and was endemic to New Zealand. W. duplaris occurs off North Australia to Queensland, Auistralia.
Species
Wairarapa duplaris (Hedley, 1922)
† Wairarapa rebecca Vella, 1954
References
Marshall, B. (2015). Wairarapa. In: MolluscaBase (2015). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=432590 on 2016-12-11
Hedley, Charles. A revision of the Australian Turridae. Vol. 13. 1922
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