Turris elsmerensis
Turris elsmerensis is an extinct species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Turridae, the turrids.[1]
Turris elsmerensis | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Mollusca |
Class: | Gastropoda |
Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
Order: | Neogastropoda |
Superfamily: | Conoidea |
Family: | Turridae |
Genus: | Turris |
Species: | †T. elsmerensis |
Binomial name | |
†Turris elsmerensis English 1914 | |
Description
Average measurements of the shell: 29.0 x 11.0 mm.
Distribution
Fossils of this marine species were found in Pliocene strata in California, USA (age range: 5.332 to 3.6 Ma)
References
- W. A. English. 1914. The Fernando Group near Newhall, California. University of California Publications Bulletin of the Department of Geology 8(8):203-218
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