Awheaturris echinata

Awheaturris echinata
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Conoidea
Family: Raphitomidae
Genus: Awheaturris
Species:
A. echinata
Binomial name
Awheaturris echinata
Beu, 1970

Awheaturris echinata is an extinct species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Raphitomidae.[1]

Description

Distribution

Fossils of this marine species were found in Miocene strata in New Zealand; age range: 11.608 to 5.332 Ma.

References

  1. ^ a b MolluscaBase (2019). Awheaturris echinata Beu, 1970 †. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=831548 on 2019-02-16
  • 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


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