Turricula brevicauda
Species of gastropod
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Turricula brevicauda is an extinct species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Clavatulidae.[1]
| Turricula brevicauda | |
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| Shell of † Turricula brevicauda (specimen at MNHN, Paris) | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
| Order: | Neogastropoda |
| Superfamily: | Conoidea |
| Family: | Clavatulidae |
| Genus: | Turricula |
| Species: | †T. brevicauda |
| Binomial name | |
| †Turricula brevicauda (Deshayes, 1834) | |
| Synonyms[1] | |
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Distribution
Fossils of this marine species have been discovered in Eocene strata in Ile-de-France, France.
