Biology:Awheaturris quisquilia

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Short description: Extinct species of gastropod

Awheaturris quisquilia
Scientific classification edit
Domain: Eukaryota
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 quisquilia Philippi, 1887
  • Mioawateria quisquilia Shuto, 1992

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

Description

Distribution

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

References

  • 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,

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External links

Wikidata ☰ Q65073741 entry