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Turricula plateaui

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Species of gastropod

Turricula plateaui
Shell of † Turricula plateaui (specimen at MNHN, Paris)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Conoidea
Family: Clavatulidae
Genus: Turricula
Species: T. plateaui
Binomial name
Turricula plateaui
(Cossmann, 1889)
Synonyms
  • † Pleurotoma plateaui Cossmann, 1889 superseded combination
  • † Surcula plateaui (Cossmann, 1889)
  • † Turricula (Crenaturricula) plateaui (Cossmann, 1889) superseded combination

Turricula plateaui is an extinct species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Clavatulidae.

Description

The length of the shell attains 37 mm, its diameter 13 mm.

This section needs expansion. You can help by adding to it. (August 2023)

Distribution

Fossils of this marine species were found in Paleocene strata in Champagne-Ardenne, France

References

  1. ^ MolluscaBase eds. (2023). MolluscaBase. Turricula plateaui (Cossmann, 1889) †. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1571672 on 2023-08-14
  • Cossmann (M.) & Pissarro (G.), 1913 - Iconographie complète des coquilles fossiles de l'Éocène des environs de Paris, t. 2, p. pl. 46-65
  • Le Renard, J. & Pacaud, J. (1995). Révision des mollusques Paléogènes du Bassin de Paris. II. Liste des références primaires des espèces. Cossmanniana. 3: 65–132.

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