Rugobela exsculpta

Rugobela exsculpta is an extinct species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusc in the superfamily Conoidea, currently unassigned to a family. Fossils of the species date to the early Miocene, and occur 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. The species has more numerous and persistent axial ribs than Rugobela humerosa.

Taxonomy

R. exsculpta was first described by A.W.B. Powell in 1944. The holotype was collected from the upper beds of Torquay, 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 early Miocene, and occurs in the strata of the Port Phillip Basin of Victoria, Australia, known from the Puebla Formation.