Voluta hamiltonensis

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Voluta hamiltonensis
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Family: Volutidae
Subfamily: Volutinae
Genus: Voluta
Species:
V. hamiltonensis
Binomial name
Voluta hamiltonensis
Pritchard, 1898

Voluta hamiltonensis is an extinct species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Volutidae, the volutes. [1]

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Description

Specimens of the species have a fusiform shell, axial sculpture, and non-extended outer lip, with flattened whorls on its spire. [2] A smooth, relatively spherical protoconch is seen at the end of the spire. [3]

Distribution

Fossils of this marine species were found in Tertiary strata in Victoria, Australia.

References

  1. ↑ MolluscaBase eds. (2023). MolluscaBase. Voluta hamiltonensis Pritchard, 1898 †. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1652576 on 2023-06-29
  2. ↑ Thomson, Kirstie Rae. (September 2013). Evolutionary patterns and consequences of developmental mode in Cenozoic gastropods from southeastern Australia [doctoral dissertation, University of Liverpool].
  3. ↑ Darragh, T. A. (30 November 1988). "Tertiary Volutidae of South-Eastern Australia". Memoirs of the Museum of Victoria. 49 (2): 248. doi:10.24199/j.mmv.1988.49.12.


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