Etremopsis contigua is an extinct species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusc, in the family Clathurellidae. Fossils of the species date to middle Miocene strata of the St Vincent Basin of South 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 .
Taxonomy
The species was first described by A. W. B. Powell in 1944. The holotype was collected by W. Howchin and J. C. Verco in 1919 from the Metropolitan Abattoirs Bore in Adelaide, Australia, at a depth of between , and is held by the Auckland War Memorial Museum.
Distribution
This extinct marine species occurs in middle Miocene strata of the St Vincent Basin of South Australia, including the Dry Creek Sands.
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