Awheaturris echinata

Awheaturris echinata is an extinct species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Raphitomidae.

Description

Distribution

Fossils of this marine species were found in Miocene strata in New Zealand; age range: 11.608 to 5.332 Ma.

References

• Maxwell, P.A. (2009). Cenozoic Mollusca. pp 232–254 in Gordon, D.P. (ed.) New Zealand inventory of biodiversity. Volume one. Kingdom Animalia: Radiata, Lophotrochozoa, Deuterostomia. Canterbury University Press, Christchurch