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The occurrence of Ectinochilus Cossmann, 1889 (Gastropoda; Strombidae) in New Zealand, with the description of two new Eocene species

ADRI W. BURGER 1 AND GIJS C. KRONENBERG 2
1 Pieter Soutmanlaan 18, NL-1701 MC Heerhugowaard, The Netherlands
Email: A.W.Burger@12move.nl;
2 Milieu Educatie Centrum, P.O. Box 435, NL-5600 AK Eindhoven, The Netherlands
Email: gijs.kronenberg@tiscali.nl

Abstract

Two new species of the Tethyan gastropod genus Ectinochilus from the Bortonian (Middle Eocene) of south Canterbury, South Island, New Zealand are described: E. trisfragmentum n. sp. and E. antipodarum n. sp. The possible modes of dispersal of this genus are briefly discussed in relation to the known occurrence of species of the genus.

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