Austroclavus glaber
Austroclavus glaber is an extinct species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusc in the superfamily Conoidea, currently not assigned to a family. Fossils of the species date to the middle Miocene, and have been found in the strata of the Otway Basin and Port [Phillip Basin] of Victoria, Australia.Description
In the original description, Powell described the species as follows:
The holotype of the species measures in height and in diameter.Taxonomy
The species was first described by A.W.B. Powell in 1944. The holotype was collected from Fossil Beach, Balcombe Bay, Victoria, Australia, at an unknown date prior to 1944, and is held by the Auckland [War Memorial Museum]. In 2024, Thomas A. Darragh synonymised A. brevicaudalis, A. lygdinopsis and A. teres with A. glaber, as junior subjective synonyms.Distribution
This extinct marine species dates to the middle Miocene, and occurs in the strata of the Otway Basin of South Australia and Victoria, and the Port Phillip Basin of Victoria, including the Muddy Creek Formation, Gellibrand Formation.