Turris canaliculata

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

Turris canaliculata
Shell of Turris canaliculata
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. canaliculata
Binomial name
Turris canaliculata
É.A. Benoist, 1873

Description

Measurenements of the shell: between 25 mm and 27 mm.

Distribution

Fossils of this marine species were found in Miocene strata in Aquitaine, France..

References
  1. WMSDB: Turris canaliculata
  • Benoist É.-A. (1873).- Catalogue synonymique et raisonné des testacés fossiles recueillis dans les faluns miocènes des communes de La Brède et de Saucats.- Actes de la Société Linnéenne de Bordeaux, tome 29, p. 5-78.


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