Austrotoma ampla
| Austrotoma ampla | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
| Order: | Neogastropoda |
| Family: | Pseudomelatomidae |
| Genus: | Austrotoma |
| Species: | †A. ampla |
| Binomial name | |
| †Austrotoma ampla A. W. B. Powell, 1942 | |
Austrotoma ampla is an extinct species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Pseudotomidae.[1]
Description
The holotype has an actual shell length of 68.5 mm, (estimated) 84 mm; its diameter 30 mm.[2]
Distribution
Fossils have been found in Lower Pliocene strata at Marlborough, New Zealand.[2]
References
- ↑ Austrotoma ampla A. W. B. Powell, 1942. 29 April 2026. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species.
- 1 2 Powell, A.W.B. (1942). "The New Zealand recent and fossil Mollusca of the family Turridae with general notes on turrid nomenclature and systematics". Bulletin of the Auckland Institute and Museum. 2: 77. Retrieved 29 April 2026. (source-attribution}}
- 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.