Turricula dentata

Species of gastropod From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Turricula dentata is an extinct species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Clavatulidae.[1]

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Turricula dentata
Shell of † Turricula dentata (specimen at MNHN, Paris)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Conoidea
Family: Clavatulidae
Genus: Turricula
Species:
T. dentata
Binomial name
Turricula dentata
(Lamarck, 1804)
Synonyms[1]
  • Pleurotoma dentata Lamarck, 1804 (original combination)
  • Surcula dentata (Lamarck, 1804)
  • Turricula (Crenaturricula) dentata (Lamarck, 1804) superseded combination
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Distribution

Fossils of this marine species were found in Eocene strata in Picardie, France

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