Syntomodrillia venusta
Syntomodrillia venusta is an extinct species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Drilliidae. Fossils of the species date to the middle Miocene, and have been 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 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 S. complexa and S. compta with S. venusta, as junior subjective synonyms.
Distribution
This extinct marine species dates to the middle Miocene, and occurs in the strata of the Port Phillip Basin of Victoria, Australia, found in the Gellibrand Formation, and the Altona Bay brown coal shafts.