Austrotoma prolixa
| Austrotoma prolixa | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
| Order: | Neogastropoda |
| Family: | Pseudomelatomidae |
| Genus: | Austrotoma |
| Species: | †A. prolixa |
| Binomial name | |
| †Austrotoma prolixa Laws, 1940 | |
Austrotoma prolixa is an extinct species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Pseudotomidae.[1]
Description
The shell is noticeably attenuated, featuring straight-sided whorls and a subsutural fold that ranges from weak to moderate in strength. The shoulder carina is sharply angled, while the spirals on the base are widely spaced.[2]
Distribution
Fossils have been found in Lower Pliocene strata at Hawera, New Zealand.[2]
References
- ↑ Austrotoma prolixa Laws, 1940. 6 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: 72. Retrieved 29 April 2026.
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- Laws, C.R. (1940) Paleontological study of Nukumaruan and Waitotaran rocks near Wanganui. Transactions of the Royal Society of New Zealand, 70, 34–56, pls. 5–7.
- 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.