Turris garoensis

Turris garoensis
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Conoidea
Family: Turridae
Genus: Turris
Species:
†T. garoensis
Binomial name
†Turris garoensis
Mukerjee 1939

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

Description

The length of the shell attains 57 mm.

Distribution

Fossils of this marine species were found in Miocene strata in Assam, India (age range: 23.03 to 15.97 Ma)

References

  1. ^ Turris garoensis
  • P. N. Mukerjee. 1939. Fossil fauna from the Tertiary of Garo Hills, Assam. Palaeontologia Indica 28(1):1-101


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