Hauturua

Hauturua
Hauturua exuta
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Caenogastropoda
Order:	Neogastropoda
Superfamily:	Conoidea
Family:	Drilliidae
Genus:	Hauturua Powell, 1942
Type species
Syntomodrillia vivens Powell, 1942
Species
See text

Hauturua is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Drilliidae. ^[1]

Distribution

Fossils of the species are found in Miocene strata of Australia and New Zealand, and recent extant species in New Zealand. ^{[2] [3]}

Species

Species within the genus Hauturua include:

• † Hauturua bijuga (Marwick, 1931)
• † Hauturua exiguescens (Marwick, 1931)
• † Hauturua exuta (A. W. B. Powell, 1944)
• † Hauturua laevella (Marwick, 1931)
• Hauturua vellai (Beu, 1970)
• Hauturua vivens (A. W. B. Powell, 1942)

References

1. Bouchet, P. (2015). Hauturua Powell, 1942. In: MolluscaBase (2015). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=578104 on 17 November 2025
2. Darragh, Thomas A. (August 2024). "A checklist of Australian marine Cenozoic Mollusca". Memoirs of Museum Victoria . 83: 37–206. doi:10.24199/J.MMV.2024.83.02. ISSN   1447-2546. Wikidata   Q136396722.
3. Beu, A. G. (1 July 1970). "Bathyal Upper Miocene Mollusca from Wairarapa District, New Zealand". Transactions of the Royal Society of New Zealand: Earth Sciences. 7 (12): 209–240.

Further reading

• Marwick, John. The Tertiary Mollusca of the Gisborne District. Department of Scientific and Industrial Research, Geological Survey Branch, 1931.
• Beu, Alan G. "Descriptions of new species and notes on taxonomy of New Zealand Mollusca." Royal Society of New Zealand, 1970.