Turris adendanii is an extinct species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Turridae, the turrids.[1]
| Turris adendanii | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
| Order: | Neogastropoda |
| Superfamily: | Conoidea |
| Family: | Turridae |
| Genus: | Turris |
| Species: | T. adendanii
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| Binomial name | |
| Turris adendanii Abbass 1967
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Description
editMeasurements of the shell 21.0 x 6.5 mm.
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Distribution
editThis extinct marine species was found in Eocene strata in Egypt (48.6 to 40.4 Ma).
References
edit- H. L. Abbass. 1967. A monograph on the Egyptian Paleocene and Eocene gastropods. United Arab Republic, Geological Survey-Geological Museum, Palaeontological Series, Monograph (4)1-154
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