Turris vermicularis is an extinct species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Turridae, the turrids.[2]

Turris vermicularis
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Conoidea
Family: Turridae
Genus: Turris
Species:
T. vermicularis
Binomial name
Turris vermicularis
(Grateloup, 1832)
Synonyms[1]

Pleurotoma vermicularis Grateloup, 1832

Description

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Distribution

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This extinct marine species was found in Miocene strata off Turin, Italy and off Letkés, Hungary.

References

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  1. ^ MNHN, Paris
  2. ^ "Fossilshells : Turris vermicularis". fossilshells.nl. Retrieved 5 January 2023.
  • de Grateloup, J. P. S. "Description d'un genre nouveau de coquille, appele Neritopsis." Actes de la Société linnéenne de Bordeaux 5 (1832): 125–131.
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