Mamoeatomaria Begg and Grant-Mackie 2006 (snail)

Gastropoda - Pleurotomarioidea - Pleurotomariidae

Synonym: Mamoea Begg and Grant-Mackie 2003 [replaced name]

Full reference: J. G. Begg and J. A. Grant-Mackie. 2006. Mamoeatomaria, a new name for the Triassic gastropod Mamoea Begg & Grant-Mackie, 2003, pre-occupied (Mollusca: Gastropoda: Pleurotomariidae). Journal of the Royal Society of New Zealand 36:149

Parent taxon: Pleurotomariidae according to J. G. Begg and J. A. Grant-Mackie 2006

See also Begg and Grant-Mackie 2003

Sister taxa: Austroworthenia, Bathrotomaria, Conotomaria, Cryptaenia, Entemnotrochus, Laevitomaria, Leptomaria, Mellarium, Mikadotrochus, Murihikua, Obornella, Ornatospira, Perotrochus, Pleurotomaria, Pleurotomariinae, Pyrgotrochus, Rasatomaria, Tahua, Talantodiscus

Subtaxa: Mamoeatomaria wairakiensis

View classification

Type: Mamoea wairakiensis

Ecology: epifaunal carnivore

Distribution: found only at JGB 1367, Beaumont Station Quarry (D45/f7906) (Triassic of New Zealand)

Show more details


Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.


Click image to enlarge. Click to access iDigBio record.