Austrotoma ventricosa

Austrotoma ventricosa
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Family: Pseudomelatomidae
Genus: Austrotoma
Species:
†A. ventricosa
Binomial name
†Austrotoma ventricosa
Stilwell & Zinsmeister, 1992

Austrotoma ventricosa is an extinct species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Pseudotomidae. .[1]

Distribution

Fossils have been found in Lower Tertiary strata at Seymour Island, Antarctic Peninsula.

References

  • Stilwell, J. D.; Zinsmeister, W. J. (1992). Molluscan Systematics and Biostratigraphy. Lower Tertiary La Meseta Formation, Seymour Island, Antarctic Peninsula. Antarctic Research Series 55. Washington, D.C: American Geophysical Union. p. 156.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
  • Beu, A.G. (2009). "Before the ice: biogeography of Antarctic Paleogene molluscan faunas". Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology. 284: 210.
  • Crame, J. A., Beu, A. G., Ineson, J. R., Francis, J. E., Whittle, R. J. & Bowman, V. C. (2014). "The early origin of the Antarctic marine fauna and its evolutionary implications". PLoS ONE. 9 (12): s2:45.{{cite journal}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
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