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

Turris farouqui
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Conoidea
Family: Turridae
Genus: Turris
Species:
T. farouqui
Binomial name
Turris farouqui
Abbass 1977

Description

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The length of the shell attains 28 mm.

Distribution

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Fossils of this species were found in Vindobonian strata at Geneifa, Egypt.

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