Turricula lepidota is an extinct species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Clavatulidae.[1]

Turricula lepidota
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Conoidea
Family: Clavatulidae
Genus: Turricula
Species:
T. lepidota
Binomial name
Turricula lepidota
(K. Martin, 1914)
Synonyms[1]
  • Surcula lepidota K. Martin, 1914
  • Turricula (Crenaturricula) lepidota (Martin, 1914)

Distribution edit

Fossils of this marine species were found in Eocene strata in Java, Indonesia.

References edit

  1. ^ a b MolluscaBase eds. (2023). MolluscaBase. Turricula polycesta (Bayan, 1873) †. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1571675 on 2023-08-12

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