Turris ahmedi

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

Turris ahmedi
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. ahmedi
Binomial name
Turris ahmedi
Abbass 1967

Description

Measurements of the shell: 15.0 x 5.0 mm.

Distribution

This extinct marine species was found in Eocene strata in Egypt (48.6 to 40.4 Ma).

References
  1. Fossilworks: Turris ahmedi
  • H. L. Abbass. 1967. A monograph on the Egyptian Paleocene and Eocene gastropods. United Arab Republic, Geological Survey-Geological Museum, Palaeontological Series, Monograph (4)1-154



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