Turris ahmedi
Appearance
Turris ahmedi | |
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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. ahmedi
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Binomial name | |
Turris ahmedi Abbass 1967
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Turris ahmedi is an extinct species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Turridae, the turrids.[1]
Description
[edit]Measurements of the shell: 15.0 x 5.0 mm.
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Distribution
[edit]This extinct marine species was found in Eocene strata in Egypt (48.6 to 40.4 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