Turris vermicularis explained

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

Distribution

This extinct marine species was found in Miocene strata off Turin, Italy and off Letkés, Hungary.

References

• de Grateloup, J. P. S. "Description d'un genre nouveau de coquille, appele Neritopsis." Actes de la Société linnéenne de Bordeaux 5 (1832): 125–131.

External links

• Marta Zunino $ Giulio Pavia, Lower to middle Miocene mollusc assemblages from the Torino hills (NW Italy): Synthesis of new data and chronostratigraphical arrangement; Rivista Italiana di Paleontologia e Stratigrafia 115(3):349-370 (2009)
• Auckland Museum: collection
• MNHN, Paris: Pleurotoma vermicularis

Notes and References

1. Web site: Fossilshells : Turris vermicularis. fossilshells.nl. 5 January 2023.