Turris aenigmaticus

Turris aenigmaticus
Shell of Turris aenigmaticus (holotype at MNHN, Paris)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Conoidea
Family: Turridae
Genus: Turris
Species:
T. aenigmaticus
Binomial name
Turris aenigmaticus
Dartevelle (E.) & Brébion (P.), 1956

Turris aenigmaticus is an extinct species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Turridae, the turrids.[1]

Distribution

This extinct marine species was found in Cretaceous strata in Cameroun

References

  1. ^ Dartevelle (E.) & Brébion (P.), 1956 - Mollusques fossiles du Crétacé de la Côte occidentale d'Afrique du Cameroun à l'Angola. 1. Gastéropodes. Annales du Musée royal du Congo belge. Sciences géologiques, vol. 15, p. 1-128


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