Austrotoma intertexta is an extinct species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusc, in the family Pseudomelatomidae. Fossils of the species date to late Oligocene and 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 an estimated height of , and a diameter of .
Taxonomy
The species was first described by A. W. B. Powell in 1944, using the name Liratomina intertexta. While the name Liratomina intertexta is accepted by Darragh (1970, 1985 and 2024) the World Register of Marine Species lists the accepted name as Austrotoma intertexta. The holotype was collected prior to 1944 from Torquay, Victoria, Australia. It is a part of the H. J. Finlay Collection, which is held by the Auckland War Memorial Museum.
Distribution
This extinct marine species occurs in late Oligocene and early Miocene strata of the Port Phillip Basin of Victoria, Australia, including the Jan Juc Formation and Puebla Formation.
Gallery
References