Turris garoensis is an extinct species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Turridae, the turrids.[1]
Turris garoensis | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Mollusca |
Class: | Gastropoda |
Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
Order: | Neogastropoda |
Superfamily: | Conoidea |
Family: | Turridae |
Genus: | Turris |
Species: | †T. garoensis
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Binomial name | |
†Turris garoensis Mukerjee 1939
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Description
editThe length of the shell attains 57 mm.
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Distribution
editFossils of this marine species were found in Miocene strata in Assam, India (age range: 23.03 to 15.97 Ma)
References
edit- P. N. Mukerjee. 1939. Fossil fauna from the Tertiary of Garo Hills, Assam. Palaeontologia Indica 28(1):1-101