Turris burroensis explained

Turris burroensis is an extinct species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Turridae, the turrids.^[1]

Description

Measurenements of the shell: 13.5 x 5.8 mm.

Distribution

Fossils of this marine species were found in Eocene strata in California, USA.

References

• Nelson, Richard Newman. A contribution to the paleontology of the Martinez Eocene of California. Vol. 11. University of California Press, 1924.
• Kooser, Marilyn Ann. Stratigraphy and sedimentology of the San Francisquito Formation, Transverse Ranges, California. University of California, Riverside, 1980.

External links

• Mineralienatlas - Fossilienatlas: Turris burroensis

Notes and References

1. http://www.fossilworks.org/cgi-bin/bridge.pl?a=taxonInfo&taxon_no=373696 Fossilworks: Turris burroensis