Awheaturris | |
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Shell of Awheaturris lozoueti (holotype at MNHN, Paris) | |
Scientific classification
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Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Mollusca |
Class: | Gastropoda |
Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
Order: | Neogastropoda |
Superfamily: | Conoidea |
Family: | Raphitomidae |
Genus: |
Awheaturris Beu, 1970 |
Type species | |
† Awheaturris echinata Beu, 1970 | |
Species | |
See text |
Awheaturris is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Raphitomidae. [1]
These species were only known from fossils in Miocene strata in the Indo-Pacific area, until Morassi & Bonfitto found a Recent species off the Philippines.
Species within the genus Awheaturris include: