Turris higoensis

Turris higoensis
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. higoensis
Binomial name
†Turris higoensis
Nagao 1928

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

Description

Distribution

Fossils of this marine species were found in Paleogene strata in Kyushu, Japan (age range:48.6 to 40.4 Maa)

References

  1. ^ Fossilworks: Turris higoensis
  • T. Nagao. 1928. Palaeogene fossils of the Island of Kyushu, Japan Part I. Science Reports of the Tohoku Imperial University 9(3):97-128
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