''Conasprella subturrita'' is an extinct species of sea snail, a marine gastropod

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in the family

Conidae Conidae, with the current common name of " cone snails", is a taxonomic family (previously subfamily) of predatory sea snails, marine gastropod molluscs in the superfamily Conoidea. The 2014 classification of the superfamily Conoidea, group ...

, the

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, cone shells or cones.MolluscaBase (2018). Conasprella subturrita (d'Orbigny, 1852) †. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1053613 on 2018-03-27 It is only known as a fossil.

Description

Distribution

This fossil species is known from the

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References

* Lozouet P. (2017). Les Conoidea de l'Oligocène supérieur (Chattien) du bassin de l'Adour (Sud-Ouest de la France). Cossmanniana. 19: 3-180 subturrita Gastropods described in 1852 {{Conidae-stub