Austrotoma hurupiensis
| Austrotoma hurupiensis | |
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| Shell of † Austrotoma hurupiensis (holotype at the Museum of New Zealand) | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
| Order: | Neogastropoda |
| Family: | Pseudomelatomidae |
| Genus: | Austrotoma |
| Species: | †A. hurupiensis |
| Binomial name | |
| †Austrotoma hurupiensis Dell, 1952 | |
Austrotoma hurupiensis is an extinct species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Pseudotomidae.[1]
Distribution
Fossils have been found at Palliser Bay, Putangirua Stream in New Zealand.[2]
References
- ↑ Austrotoma hurupiensis Dell, 1952. 29 April 2026. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species.
- ↑ "marine snail, Austrotoma hurupiensis Dell, 1952". Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa. Retrieved 14 May 2026.
- Dell, R.K. (1952) A revision of the molluscan fauna of the Hurupi beds, southern Wairarapa. Dominion Museum Records in Zoology, 1, 71–86.
- 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.