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Turris gilchristi

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Turris gilchristi
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. gilchristi
Binomial name
Turris gilchristi
Dey 1961

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

Description

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Distribution

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Fossils of this marine species were found in Miocene strata in Kerala, India (age range:23.03 to 15.97 Ma)

References

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  • A. K. Dey. 1961. The Miocene Mollusca from Quilon, Kerala (India). Palaeontologica Indica 36