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Etrema gippslandensis

Etrema gippslandensis is an extinct species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusc, in the family Pseudomelatomidae. Fossils of the species date to late Miocene strata of the Gippsland Basin of Victoria, Australia.

Description

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

The holotype of the species measures in height and has a diameter of . It can be distinguished from E. mirabilis due to E. gippslandensis having a slight angulation on the last whorl of the shell.

Taxonomy

The species was first described by A. W. B. Powell in 1944. The holotype was collected at an unknown date prior to 1944 from the Gippsland Lakes area in Victoria, Australia, and is held by the Auckland War Memorial Museum.

Distribution

This extinct marine species occurs in late Miocene strata of the Gippsland Basin of Victoria, Australia, including the Jemmys Point Formation, and the Bunga Creek bed.

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