Voluta hamiltonensis is an extinct species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Volutidae, the volutes.[1]
| Voluta hamiltonensis | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
| Order: | Neogastropoda |
| Family: | Volutidae |
| Subfamily: | Volutinae |
| Genus: | Voluta |
| Species: | V. hamiltonensis
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| Binomial name | |
| Voluta hamiltonensis Pritchard, 1898
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Description
editSpecimens 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
editFossils of this marine species were found in Tertiary strata in Victoria, Australia.
References
edit- ^ a b MolluscaBase eds. (2023). MolluscaBase. Voluta hamiltonensis Pritchard, 1898 †. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1652576 on 2023-06-29
- ^ Thomson, Kirstie Rae. (September 2013). Evolutionary patterns and consequences of developmental mode in Cenozoic gastropods from southeastern Australia [doctoral dissertation, University of Liverpool].
- ^ Darragh, T. A. (30 November 1988). "Tertiary Volutidae of South-Eastern Australia". Memoirs of the Museum of Victoria. 49 (2): 248. doi:10.24199/j.mmv.1988.49.12.
- G.B. Pritchard | J.H. Gatliff, Catalogue of the marine shells of Victoria; Transactions of the Royal Society of Victoria, 1898 part II
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