Veruturris
Veruturris is an extinct genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the superfamily Conoidea, currently unassigned to a family. Fossils of the genus date to between the Late Eocene and middle Miocene, and have been found in strata in South Australia and Victoria.
Description
In the original description, Powell described the genus as below:
Members of the genus have a height of between, a tall spire, but only a moderately long canal. This relatively short canal, which is not as truncated as Xenuroturris, is an identifying feature of the genus.
Taxonomy
Veruturris was first described by Baden Powell in 1944 as a subgenus of Xenuroturris. Powell named Veruturris quadricarinatus as the type species of Veruturris. It was raised to genus level by Powell in 1964.
Distribution
The earliest known fossils species in the genus date to the Late Eocene, and the majority of known species date to the middle Miocene. Fossils in the genus have been found in South Australia and Victoria, including the Browns Creek Formation and Muddy Creek Formation of the Otway Basin, the Gellibrand Formation of the Port Phillip Basin, and the Dry Creek Sands of the St Vincent Basin.
Species
Species within the genus Veruturris include: