Turris multigyrata

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

Turris multigyrata
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. multigyrata
Binomial name
Turris multigyrata
(Cossmann 1906)
Synonyms

Pleurotoma multigyrata Cossmann 1906 (original combination)

Description

Distribution

Fossils of this marine species were found in Eocene strata in the Paris Basin, France.

References

  • Cossmann M. & Pissarro G. (1904-1913). Iconographie complète des coquilles fossiles de l'Eocène des environs de Paris. Tome 1, Pélécypodes: pls 1-16 [September 1904], pls 17-38 [January 1905], pls 39-45 and Table alphabétique des espèces [October 1906]. Tome 2, Scaphopodes, Gastropodes, Brachiopodes, Céphalopodes & Supplément: pls 1-9 [June 1907], pls 10-25 [March 1910], pls 26-45 [March 1911], pls 46-65, Errata, Table alphabétique des espèces and Addenda [October 1913]. Paris.
  • 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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