Turricula mauritii

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

Turricula mauritii
Shell of † Turricula mauritii (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. mauritii
Binomial name
Turricula mauritii
(de Boury, 1899)
Synonyms[1]
  • † Pleurotoma mauritii de Boury, 1899
  • † Turricula (Surcula) mauritii (de Boury, 1899) superseded combination

Distribution

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

References
  1. MolluscaBase eds. (2023). MolluscaBase. Turricula mauritii (de Boury, 1899) †. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1571667 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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