Turritella vermicularis explained

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

These sea snails lived from the Miocene to the Pliocene epoch, approximately from 37.2 to 2.588 million years ago.

Description

Shells of Turritella vermicularis can reach a size of 28-.^[2]

Distribution

Fossils have been found in the Pliocene sediments in Italy and Spain, in the Miocene of Austria, Italy and Romania and in the Eocene of Namibia.^[3]

References

• Brocchi, G. B. (1814) Conchiologia fossile subapennina con osservazioni geologiche sugli Apennini e sul suolo adiacente. Milano Vol. I: pp. LXXX + 56 + 240; Vol. II, p. 241-712, pl. 1–16

Notes and References

1. http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=225181 WoRMS
2. http://www.fossilshells.nl/hungmi019.html International Fossil Shell Museum
3. http://www.fossilworks.org/cgi-bin/bridge.pl?a=taxonInfo&taxon_no=116995 Fossilworks