Austrotoma ampla

Austrotoma ampla
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Family: Pseudomelatomidae
Genus: Austrotoma
Species:
†A. ampla
Binomial name
†Austrotoma ampla

Austrotoma ampla is an extinct species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Pseudotomidae.

Description

The holotype has an actual shell length of 68.5 mm, (estimated) 84 mm; its diameter 30 mm.

Distribution

Fossils have been found in Lower Pliocene strata at Marlborough, New Zealand.

References

  1. ↑ Austrotoma ampla A. W. B. Powell, 1942. 29 April 2026. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species.
  2. 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: 77. Retrieved 29 April 2026. (source-attribution)