Turris burroensis
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. burroensis
Binomial name
Turris burroensis
R. N. Nelson 1925

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

Description

Measurenements of the shell: 13.5 x 5.8 mm.

Distribution

Fossils of this marine species were found in Eocene strata in California, USA.

References

  • Nelson, Richard Newman. A contribution to the paleontology of the Martinez Eocene of California. Vol. 11. University of California Press, 1924.
  • Kooser, Marilyn Ann. Stratigraphy and sedimentology of the San Francisquito Formation, Transverse Ranges, California. University of California, Riverside, 1980.


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