Turris higoensis is an extinct species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Turridae, the turrids.[1]
Turris higoensis | |
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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. higoensis
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Binomial name | |
†Turris higoensis Nagao 1928
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Description
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Distribution
editFossils of this marine species were found in Paleogene strata in Kyushu, Japan (age range:48.6 to 40.4 Maa)
References
edit- T. Nagao. 1928. Palaeogene fossils of the Island of Kyushu, Japan Part I. Science Reports of the Tohoku Imperial University 9(3):97-128