Turricula plateaui
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| Shell of † Turricula plateaui (specimen at MNHN, Paris) | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
| Order: | Neogastropoda |
| Superfamily: | Conoidea |
| Family: | Clavatulidae |
| Genus: | Turricula |
| Species: | T. plateaui
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| Binomial name | |
| Turricula plateaui (Cossmann, 1889)
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Turricula plateaui is an extinct species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Clavatulidae.[1]
Description
[edit]The length of the shell attains 37 mm, its diameter 13 mm.
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Distribution
[edit]Fossils of this marine species were found in Paleocene strata in Champagne-Ardenne, France
References
[edit]- ^ a b MolluscaBase eds. (2023). MolluscaBase. Turricula plateaui (Cossmann, 1889) †. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1571672 on 2023-08-14
- Cossmann (M.) & Pissarro (G.), 1913 - Iconographie complète des coquilles fossiles de l'Éocène des environs de Paris, t. 2, p. pl. 46-65
- Le Renard, J. & Pacaud, J. (1995). Révision des mollusques Paléogènes du Bassin de Paris. II. Liste des références primaires des espèces. Cossmanniana. 3: 65–132.
External links
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