Austrotoma lawsi
| Austrotoma lawsi | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
| Order: | Neogastropoda |
| Family: | Pseudomelatomidae |
| Genus: | Austrotoma |
| Species: | †A. lawsi |
| Binomial name | |
| †Austrotoma lawsi A. W. B. Powell, 1942 | |
Austrotoma lawsi is an extinct species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Pseudotomidae.[1]
Description
The holotype has a shell length of 27.6 mm; its diameter 12mm.[2]
Distribution
Fossils have been found in Middle Miocene strata at Otago, New Zealand.[2]
References
- ↑ Austrotoma lawsi A. W. B. Powell, 1942. 5 May 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: 75. Retrieved 29 April 2026.
This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.
- Beu, A.G. & Maxwell, P.A. (1990) Cenozoic Mollusca of New Zealand. New Zealand Geological Survey Paleontological Bulletin, 58, 1–518.
- 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.