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

Turricula orthocolpa
Shell of † Turricula orthocolpa (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. orthocolpa
Binomial name
Turricula orthocolpa
Cossmann, 1913

Distribution

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Fossils of this marine species were found in Miocene strata in Martinique.

References

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  • Cossmann (M.), 1913 - Étude comparative de fossiles miocéniques recueillis à la Martinique et à l'Isthme de Panama. Journal de Conchyliologie, t. 61, vol. 1, p. 1-64