Turritella vermicularis is an extinct species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Turritellidae.[1]
| Turritella vermicularis | |
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| Fossil shell of Turritella vermicularis from Pliocene of Italy | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
| Family: | Turritellidae |
| Genus: | Turritella |
| Species: | T. vermicularis
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| Binomial name | |
| Turritella vermicularis (Brocchi, 1814)
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These sea snails lived from the Miocene to the Pliocene epoch, approximately from 37.2 to 2.588 million years ago.[2]
Description
editShells of Turritella vermicularis can reach a size of 28–83 millimetres (1.1–3.3 in).[3]
Distribution
editFossils 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.[2]
References
edit- 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