Acanthodaphne pusula

Acanthodaphne pusula is an extinct species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Raphitomidae.^[1]

Acanthodaphne pusula
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Caenogastropoda
Order:	Neogastropoda
Superfamily:	Conoidea
Family:	Raphitomidae
Genus:	Acanthodaphne
Species:	A. pusula
Binomial name
Acanthodaphne pusula (C.R. Laws, 1947)
Synonyms
† Gymnobela pusula (Laws, 1947) † Puha pusula C.R. Laws, 1947

Description

This species was first described by Charles Reed Laws in 1947 and named Puha pusula.^[2]

Distribution

Fossils of this marine species were found in Early Miocene strata in New Zealand