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

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

Description

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The length of the shell attains 14 mm.

Distribution

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

References

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  1. ^ a b MolluscaBase eds. (2023). MolluscaBase. Turricula wanneri (K. Martin, 1914) †. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=458787 on 2023-08-15
  • Shuto, T. (1980) A note on the Eocene turrids of the Nangulan Formation, Java. In Igo, H. & Noda, H. (Eds.) Professor Saburo Kanno Memorial Volume. Institute of Geoscience, University of Tsukuba, Ibaraki, Japan, pp. 25–52, pls. 3–5.
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