Maoritomella equispiralis

Maoritomella equispiralis is an extinct species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusc, in the family Borsoniidae. Fossils of the species date to the late Oligocene, and are found in the 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 measures in length and has a diameter of.

Taxonomy

The species was first described by A. W. B. Powell in 1944. The holotype was collected from Torquay, Victoria, Australia, at an unknown date prior to 1937. It was held in the H.J. Finlay Collection, which was sold to the Auckland War Memorial Museum in 1937.

Distribution

This extinct marine species occurs in late Oligocene strata of the Port Phillip Basin of Victoria, Australia, including the Jan Juc Formation.