Rugobela

Rugobela Temporal range: Eocene–Miocene PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N
Rugobela tenuicostata
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Caenogastropoda
Order:	Neogastropoda
Superfamily:	Conoidea
Genus:	† Rugobela H. J. Finlay, 1924
Type species
Ptychatractus tenuiliratus

Rugobela is a genus of minute gastropod molluscs belonging to the superfamily Conoidea, currently unassigned to a family. ^[1] The genus is a fossil taxon, known to occur between the Eocene and the Miocene, and has been found in fossil beds in Australia and New Zealand.

Taxonomy

The genus was first described by Harold Finlay in 1924, naming Ptychatractus tenuiliratus as the type species. ^[2] The genus was placed in the subfamily Daphnellinae (of the family Turridae_ by A. G. Beu in 1990, ^[3] and in the order Neogastropoda by Jack Sepkoski in posthumous work published in 2002. ^[4]

Distribution

Rugobela fossils have been found in Australia and New Zealand, dating to between the Eocene and the Miocene. ^{[5] [6] [7]}

Species

Species within the genus Rugobela include: ^[1]

• † Rugobela canaliculata (Suter, 1917)
• † Rugobela columbelloides (Tenison Woods, 1877)
• † Rugobela exsculpta A. W. B. Powell, 1944
• † Rugobela humerosa (Marwick, 1926)
• † Rugobela infelix (Suter, 1917)
• † Rugobela nodulosa A. W. B. Powell, 1942
• † Rugobela semilaevigata Laws, 1935
• † Rugobela sepelibilis (A. W. B. Powell & Bartrum, 1929)
• † Rugobela tenuicostata Laws, 1935
• † Rugobela tenuilirata (Suter, 1917)
• † Rugobela tersa (Marwick, 1931)

References

1. Rugobela H. J. Finlay, 1924 † . Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species  on 14 November 2025.
2. Finlay, H. J. (1924). "The Molluscan Fauna of Target Gully: Part 1". Transactions and Proceedings of the Royal Society of New Zealand. 55: 514.
3. Beu, A. G.; Maxwell, P.A.; Brazier, RC (1990). "Cenozoic Mollusca of New Zealand". New Zealand Geological Survey Paleontological Bulletin. 58.
4. Sepkoski, J. John Jr. (2002). "A compendium of fossil marine animal genera". Bulletins of American Paleontology . 363. Ithaca, NY: Paleontological Research Institution: 103. ISBN   978-0-87710-450-6.
5. "†Rugobela Finlay 1924 (snail)". Paleobiology Database . Retrieved 24 November 2025.
6. Blom, Wilma M. (2025). "Annotated Catalogue of Fossil and Extant Molluscan Types in the Auckland War Memorial Museum". Bulletin of the Auckland Museum . 22. doi:10.32912/BULLETIN/22. ISSN   1176-3213. OCLC   1550165130. Wikidata   Q135397912.
7. 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 .