Turris farouqui

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

Turris farouqui
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. farouqui
Binomial name
Turris farouqui
Abbass 1977

Description

The length of the shell attains 28 mm.

Distribution

Fossils of this species were found in Vindobonian strata at Geneifa, Egypt.

References
  1. H. Abbass (1977) - A monograph on the new Miocene gastropod species in the Cairo-Suez district, Egypt; J. Univ. Kuwait (Sci.) 4, 1977


This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.