Australasian Fossils: A Students' Manual of PalaeontologyChapman, Frederick
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Australasian Fossils: A Students' Manual of Palaeontology
Chapman, Frederick
Paleontology -- Australia
F--Struthiolaria sulcata, Hutton. Cainozoic (Awatere series). New
Zealand
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=Janjukian Gasteropods.--=
Species of Gasteropods restricted to the Janjukian stage
include:--_Pleurotomaria tertiaria_, _Haliotis mooraboolensis_, _Liotia
lamellosa_, _Thalotia alternata_, _Eutrochus fontinalis_ (Fig. 103 A),
_Astralium hudsonianum_, _Turbo atkinsoni_, _Odostomia polita_, _Scala
lampra_ (Fig. 103 C), _Natica gibbosa_ (Fig. 103 D) (also found in the
Pareora Series of the Oamaru system and in the Wanganui beds of New
Zealand), _Calyptraea subtabulata_, _Turritella aldingae_, _Cerithiopsis
mulderi_, _Cerithium flemingtonense_, _Cypraea platyrhyncha_, _C.
consobrina_, _Morio wilsoni_ (Fig. 103 B), _Lotorium abbotti_, _Murex
otwayensis_, _Eburnopsis tesselatus_, _Tudicla costata_, _Latirus
semiundulatus_, _Fusus meredithae_, _Columbarium spiniferum_, _Voluta
pueblensis_, _V. heptagonalis_, _V. macroptera_ (also recorded from
Hall's Sound, Papua) (Fig. 103 E), _Volutilithes anticingulatus_ (also
from Papua), _Harpa clathrata_, _Bela woodsi_, _Bathytoma paracantha_ and
_Volvulella inflatior_.
_Dolium costatum_, allied to the "Fig-Shell" has been noted from the
Cainozoic clays (? Lower Pliocene), Yule Island, Papua.
[Illustration: =Fig. 104--LATE CAINOZOIC and PLEISTOCENE GASTEROPODA=
A--Bankivia howitti, Pritchard. Cainozoic (Kal.) Victoria
B--Eglisia triplicata, Tate sp. Cainozoic (Kal.) Victoria
C--Voluta masoni, Tate. Cainozoic (Kal.) Victoria
D--Ancilla papillata. Tate sp. Cainozoic (Kal.) Victoria
E--Terebra geniculata, Tate. Cainozoic (Kal.) Victoria
F--Helix simsoniana, Johnston. Pleistocene. Tasmania
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=Kalimnan Gasteropods.--=
Species of Gasteropods restricted to the Kalimnan Stage, or only
passing upwards include:--_Bankivia howitti_ (Fig. 104 A), _Liopyrga
quadricingulata_, _Calyptraea corrugata_, _Natica subvarians_,
_Turritella pagodula_, _Eglisia triplicata_ (Fig. 104 B), _Tylospira
clathrata_, _Cypraea jonesiana_, _Lotorium ovoideum_, _Sistrum
subreticulatum_, _Voluta masoni_ (Fig. 104 C), _Ancilla papillata_ (Fig.
104 D), _Cancellaria wannonensis_, _Drillia wanganuiensis_ (also in the
Petane Series of New Zealand), _Terebra catenifera_, _T. geniculata_ (Fig.
104 E) and _Ringicula tatei_.
=New Zealand Cainozoic Gasteropods.--=
Characteristic Gasteropoda of the Oamaru Series in New Zealand are
_Pleurotomaria tertiaria_ (also in the Australian Janjukian), _Scala
lyrata_, _Natica darwinii_, _Turritella cavershamensis_, _Ancilla hebera_
(also in the Australian Balcombian and Janjukian) and _Pleurotoma
hamiltoni_. Gasteropods of the Awatere Series in New Zealand are _Natica
ovata_, _Struthiolaria sulcata_ (Fig. 103 F), and _Scaphella corrugata_
(found also in the Oamaru Series). The Putiki beds of the Petane Series in
New Zealand contain _Trophon expansus_, _Pisania drewi_ and _Pleurotoma
wanganuiensis_.
=Werrikooian Gasteropods.--=
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