Turriscala is an extinct genus of small to medium-sized pelagic or planktonic sea snails, marine gastropod molluscs in the family Epitoniidae.[1]
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| Shell of † Turriscala germanica (holotype at MNHN, Paris) | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
| Superfamily: | Epitonioidea |
| Family: | Epitoniidae |
| Genus: | †Turriscala de Boury, 1890 |
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Turriscala (Kapua) Marwick, 1931 · alternate representation | |
Species
edit- † Turriscala cylindrella (Suter, 1917)
- † Turriscala discors (P. A. Maxwell, 1988)
- † Turriscala finlayi P. A. Maxwell, 1992
- † Turriscala germanica Lozouet, 1999
- † Turriscala kaiparaensis Laws, 1939
- † Turriscala powelli Marwick, 1931
- † Turriscala torulosa (Brocchi, 1814)
References
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- ^ a b MolluscaBase eds. (2022). MolluscaBase. Turriscala de Boury, 1890 †. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=519361 on 2022-11-19
- J. J. Sepkoski. 2002. A compendium of fossil marine animal genera. Bulletins of American Paleontology 363:1-560
- G. Wienrich. 2001. Die Fauna des marinen Miozäns von Kevelaer (Niederrhein). Gastropoda bis Cancellariidae 3:385-639