Awheaturris quisquilia

Awheaturris quisquilia
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Caenogastropoda
Order:	Neogastropoda
Superfamily:	Conoidea
Family:	Raphitomidae
Genus:	Awheaturris
Species:	A. quisquilia
Binomial name
Awheaturris quisquilia (R.A. Philippi, 1887)
Synonyms
Pleurotoma quisquiliaPhilippi, 1887 Mioawateria quisquiliaShuto, 1992

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

Distribution

Fossils of this marine species were found in Miocene strata in Central Chile.

References

1. Worldwide Mollusc Species Data Base: Awheaturris quisquilia

• Philippi, Rodolfo Amando. Los fósiles terciarios i cuartarios de Chile. Del Gobierno de Chile, 1887.
• Philippi, R.A., 1887, Die tertiären und quartären Versteinerungen Chiles: F.A. Brockhaus, Leipzig, 266 p
• Shuto, T. (1992) Affinity of the Late Miocene turrid fauna of Chile. Reports of Andean Studies, Shizuhoka University,

Special Vol. 4, 21–31

External links

• Sven N. Nielsen (2003), Die marinen Gastropoden (exklusive Heterostropha) aus dem Miozän von Zentralchile; Universität Hamburg