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Apiotoma pritchardi

Apiotoma pritchardi is an extinct species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusc, in the family Cochlespiridae. Fossils of the species date to the late Oligocene to early Miocene strata of the Port Phillip Basin of Victoria, Australia.

Description

In the original description, Powell described the species as follows:

The holotype of the species has a height of , and a diameter of . It can be distinguished from other members of the genus due to the dense and distinct spiral sculture, its distinct peripheral angle, and protractive growth lines on its axial sculpture.

Taxonomy

The species was first described by A. W. B. Powell in 1944. The holotype was collected prior to 1944 from Torquay, Victoria, Australia. It is held by the Auckland War Memorial Museum.

Distribution

This extinct marine species occurs in late Oligocene to early Miocene strata of the Port Phillip Basin of Victoria, Australia, including the Jan Juc Formation, Puebla Formation, and the Molluscan Assemblage VI of Addiscot Beach.

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