Awheaturris pahaoensis

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

Awheaturris pahaoensis
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Conoidea
Family: Raphitomidae
Genus: Awheaturris
Species:
A. pahaoensis
Binomial name
Awheaturris pahaoensis
(Vella, 1954)
Synonyms[1]

Awateria (Miowateria) pahaoensis Vella, 1954

Description

The length of the shell attains 8.3 mm, its diameter 4.1 mm.

Distribution

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

References

  1. MolluscaBase (2019). Awheaturris pahaoensis Vella, 1954 †. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=831550 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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