''Hauturua'' is an extinct
genus of
sea snail
Sea snail is a common name for slow-moving marine gastropod molluscs, usually with visible external shells, such as whelk or abalone. They share the taxonomic class Gastropoda with slugs, which are distinguished from snails primarily by the ...
s, marine
gastropod
The gastropods (), commonly known as snails and slugs, belong to a large taxonomic class of invertebrates within the phylum Mollusca called Gastropoda ().
This class comprises snails and slugs from saltwater, from freshwater, and from land. T ...
mollusks in the
family Drilliidae.
[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 2016-10-10]
Distribution
These extinct species were found in
Miocene strata of
New Zealand, age range: 12.7 to 11.608 Ma.
Species
Species within the genus ''Hauturua'' include:
* † ''
Hauturua bijuga''
(Marwick, 1931)
* † ''
Hauturua exiguescens''
(Marwick, 1931)
* † ''
Hauturua laevella''
(Marwick, 1931)
* † ''
Hauturua vellai''
(Beu, 1970)
References
* 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.
External links
Fossilworks: ''Hauturua''
Gastropods of New Zealand
Prehistoric gastropod genera
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