Turris perarata is an extinct species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Turridae, the turrids.[1]
| Turris perarata | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification 
| |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
| Order: | Neogastropoda |
| Superfamily: | Conoidea |
| Family: | Turridae |
| Genus: | Turris |
| Species: | T. perarata
|
| Binomial name | |
| Turris perarata (Tate in Cossmann, 1896)
| |
| Synonyms | |
|
Pleurotoma perarata Tate in Cossmann, 1896 | |
Distribution
editThis extinct marine species was found in Eocene strata in Australia
References
edit- Cossmann (M.), 1896 - Essais de Paléoconchologie comparée (2ème livraison), p. 1-179
- Tucker (J.K.), 1993 - The nomenclatural status of four species of Australian Turridae attributed to Ralph Tate by Maurice Cossmann in the Essais de Paléoconchologie Comparée of 1896. Journal of the Malacological Society of Australia, t. 14, p. 73-76
External links
edit- Tucker, J.K. (2004). "Catalog of recent and fossil turrids (Mollusca: Gastropoda)" (PDF). Zootaxa. 682: 1–1295. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.682.1.1.
 | This article about prehistoric Turridae is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it. |