Turris aequensis

Turris aequensis is an extinct species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Turridae, the turrids.[1]

Turris aequensis
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Conoidea
Family: Turridae
Genus: Turris
Species:
T. aequensis
Binomial name
Turris aequensis
(Grateloup, 1832)

Description

The length of the shell attains 26 mm.

Distribution

This extinct marine species was found in Miocene strata in Aquitaine, France.

References
  1. Fossilshells : Turris aequensis
  • de Grateloup, J. P. S. "Description d'un genre nouveau de coquille, appele Neritopsis." Actes de la societe Iinneenne de Bordeaus 5 (1832): 125-131.


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