Veruturris bisculpta

Veruturris bisculpta is an extinct species of marine gastropod mollusc in the superfamily Conoidea, currently unassigned to a family. Fossils of the species date to the middle Miocene, and are found in the St Vincent Basin of South Australia.

Description

In the original description, Powell described the species' as follows:
While the holotype of the species measures in height and in diameter, and abnormally coiled specimen described by Powell measured in height and in diameter.

Taxonomy

The species was first described by A.W.B. Powell in 1944 under the name Xenuroturris bisculptus. When Veruturris was raised to genus level by Powell in 1964, the species began being referred to as Veruturris bisculptus or its currently accepted name, Veruturris bisculpta. The holotype was collected by Walter Howchin and J. C. Verco in 1919 from the Metropolitan Abattoirs Bore in Adelaide, Australia, and is held by the Auckland War Memorial Museum.

Distribution

This extinct marine species occurs in middle Miocene strata of the St Vincent Basin, including the Dry Creek Sands Formation at a depth of between.