Acanthodaphne pusula is an extinct species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Raphitomidae.MolluscaBase (2019). MolluscaBase. Acanthodaphne pusula (Laws, 1947) †. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1376977 on 2019-12-30
Description This species was first described by Charles Reed Laws in 1947 and named Puha pusula.
Distribution Fossils of this marine species were found in Early Miocene strata in New Zealand.
References
Maxwell, P.A. (2009). Cenozoic Mollusca. pp 232–254 in Gordon, D.P. (ed.) New Zealand inventory of biodiversity. Volume one. Kingdom Animalia: Radiata, Lophotrochozoa, Deuterostomia. Canterbury University Press, Christchurch
External links Bonfitto A. & Morassi M. (2006). A new genus of Indo-West Pacific Turridae (Gastropoda: Prosobranchia). The Veliger. 48(3): 136-142