Turricula lirocostata

Turricula lirocostata
Shell of † Turricula lirocostata (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. lirocostata
Binomial name
†Turricula lirocostata
Cossmann, 1899

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

Distribution

Fossils of this marine species were found in Pliocene strata in Karaikal, India

References

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  1. ^ MNHN, Paris: Turricula lirocostata
  • Cossmann (M.), 1899 - Essais de Paléoconchologie comparée. livraison 3, p. 1-201
  • Cossmann (M.), 1903 - Faune pliocènique de Karikal (Inde française). Journal de Conchyliologie, t. 51, vol. 2, p. 105-173


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