Hauturua

Hauturua
Hauturua exuta
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Conoidea
Family: Drilliidae
Genus: Hauturua
Powell, 1942
Type species
Syntomodrillia vivens
Powell, 1942
Species

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Hauturua is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Drilliidae.[1]

Distribution

Fossils of the species are found in Miocene strata of Australia and New Zealand, and recent extant species in New Zealand.[2][3]

Species

Species within the genus Hauturua include:

  • Hauturua bijuga (Marwick, 1931)
  • Hauturua exiguescens (Marwick, 1931)
  • Hauturua exuta (A. W. B. Powell, 1944)
  • Hauturua laevella (Marwick, 1931)
  • Hauturua vellai (Beu, 1970)
  • Hauturua vivens (A. W. B. Powell, 1942)

References

  1. ^ Bouchet, P. (2015). Hauturua Powell, 1942. In: MolluscaBase (2015). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=578104 on 17 November 2025
  2. ^ Darragh, Thomas A. (August 2024). "A checklist of Australian marine Cenozoic Mollusca". Memoirs of Museum Victoria. 83: 37–206. doi:10.24199/J.MMV.2024.83.02. ISSN 1447-2546. Wikidata Q136396722.
  3. ^ Beu, A. G. (1 July 1970). "Bathyal Upper Miocene Mollusca from Wairarapa District, New Zealand". Transactions of the Royal Society of New Zealand: Earth Sciences. 7 (12): 209–240.

Further reading

  • Marwick, John. The Tertiary Mollusca of the Gisborne District. Department of Scientific and Industrial Research, Geological Survey Branch, 1931.
  • Beu, Alan G. "Descriptions of new species and notes on taxonomy of New Zealand Mollusca." Royal Society of New Zealand, 1970.