Turricula transversaria

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

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Turricula transversaria
Shell of † Turricula transversaria (syntype at MNHN, Paris)
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Conoidea
Family: Clavatulidae
Genus: Turricula
Species:
T. transversaria
Binomial name
Turricula transversaria
(Lamarck, 1804)
Synonyms[1]
  • Pleurotoma transversaria Lamarck, 1804 superseded combination
  • Turricula (Surcula) transversaria tenuistriata Brébion, 1992
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Distribution

Fossils of this marine species were found in Eocene strata in Ile-de-France, France

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