Turris cleopatrae
Turris cleopatrae | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Mollusca |
Class: | Gastropoda |
Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
Order: | Neogastropoda |
Superfamily: | Conoidea |
Family: | Turridae |
Genus: | Turris |
Species: | T. cleopatrae |
Binomial name | |
Turris cleopatrae Abbass 1967 |
Turris cleopatrae is an extinct species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Turridae.[1]
Description
[edit]Measurements of the shell: 10.0 x 4.0 mm.
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Distribution
[edit]This extinct marine species was found in Eocene strata in Egypt (40.4 to 37.2 Ma).
References
[edit]- H. L. Abbass. 1967. A monograph on the Egyptian Paleocene and Eocene gastropods. United Arab Republic, Geological Survey-Geological Museum, Palaeontological Series, Monograph (4)1-154