Austrotoma indiscreta
| Austrotoma indiscreta | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
| Order: | Neogastropoda |
| Family: | Pseudomelatomidae |
| Genus: | Austrotoma |
| Species: | †A. indiscreta |
| Binomial name | |
| †Austrotoma indiscreta H. J. Finlay & Marwick, 1937 | |
Austrotoma indiscreta is an extinct species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusc, in the family Pseudomelatomidae.[1]
Distribution
This extinct marine species occurs in the Upper Cretaceous strata near Dunedin, New Zealand.[2]
References
- ↑ Austrotoma indiscreta H. J. Finlay & Marwick, 1937. 5 May 2026. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species.
- ↑ 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: 73. Retrieved 29 April 2026.
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- Finlay, H. J. & Marwick, J. (1937). The Wangaloan and associated molluscan faunas of Kaitangata-Green Island subdivision. New Zealand Geological Survey Palæontological Bulletin. 15, 1–140, 18 pls.
- 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