| Voluta hamiltonensis | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| 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]
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]
Fossils of this marine species were found in Tertiary strata in Victoria, Australia.
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