Veruturris tomopleuroides

Veruturris tomopleuroides 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:
The holotype of the species measures in height and in diameter.

Taxonomy

The species was first described by A.W.B. Powell in 1944 under the name Xenuroturris tomopleuroides. When Veruturris was raised to genus level by Powell in 1964, the species began being referred to by its currently accepted name, Veruturris tomopleuroides. 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, Adelaide, South Australia, including the lower Dry Creek Sands at a depth of between.