Turricula dentata

Turricula dentata is an extinct species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Clavatulidae.[1]

Turricula dentata
Shell of † Turricula dentata (specimen at MNHN, Paris)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Conoidea
Family: Clavatulidae
Genus: Turricula
Species:
T. dentata
Binomial name
Turricula dentata
(Lamarck, 1804)
Synonyms[1]
  • † Pleurotoma dentata Lamarck, 1804 (original combination)
  • † Surcula dentata (Lamarck, 1804)
  • † Turricula (Crenaturricula) dentata (Lamarck, 1804) superseded combination

Distribution

Fossils of this marine species were found in Eocene strata in Picardie, France

References
  1. MolluscaBase eds. (2023). MolluscaBase. Turricula dentata (Lamarck, 1804) †. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1334729 on 2023-08-12
  • Cossmann (M.) & Pissarro (G.), 1913 - Iconographie complète des coquilles fossiles de l'Éocène des environs de Paris, t. 2, p. pl. 46-65
  • Le Renard, J. & Pacaud, J. (1995). Révision des mollusques Paléogènes du Bassin de Paris. II. Liste des références primaires des espèces. Cossmanniana. 3: 65–132.


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