Voluta hamiltonensis

Species of gastropod From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

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

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Voluta hamiltonensis
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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
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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.

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