Turricula orthocolpa is an extinct species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Clavatulidae.[1]
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| Shell of † Turricula orthocolpa (specimen at MNHN, Paris) | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
| Order: | Neogastropoda |
| Superfamily: | Conoidea |
| Family: | Clavatulidae |
| Genus: | Turricula |
| Species: | T. orthocolpa
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| Binomial name | |
| Turricula orthocolpa Cossmann, 1913
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Distribution
editFossils of this marine species were found in Miocene strata in Martinique.
References
edit- Cossmann (M.), 1913 - Étude comparative de fossiles miocéniques recueillis à la Martinique et à l'Isthme de Panama. Journal de Conchyliologie, t. 61, vol. 1, p. 1-64
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