Mitromorpha fenestrata
Mitromorpha fenestrata is an extinct species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Mitromorphidae. Fossils of the species date to the middle Miocene, and occurs 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 height and in diameter.
Taxonomy
The species was first described by A.W.B. Powell in 1944, using the name Mitrithara fenestrata. Thomas A. Darragh recombined the species, moving it to the genus Mitromorpha in 2024. The holotype was collected from Fossil Beach, Balcombe Bay, Victoria, at an unknown date prior to 1944, and is held by the Auckland War Memorial Museum.
Distribution
This extinct marine species dates to the middle Miocene, and occurs in the strata of the Port Phillip Basin of Victoria, Australia, from the Gellibrand Formation.