''Turricula wanneri'' is an extinct

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of sea snail, a marine gastropod

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in the

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Clavatulidae.MolluscaBase eds. (2023). MolluscaBase. Turricula wanneri (K. Martin, 1914) †. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=458787 on 2023-08-15

Description

The length of the shell attains 14 mm.

Distribution

Fossils of this marine species were found in

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strata in

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, Indonesia

References

* Shuto, T. (1980) A note on the Eocene turrids of the Nangulan Formation, Java. In Igo, H. & Noda, H. (Eds.) Professor Saburo Kanno Memorial Volume. Institute of Geoscience, University of Tsukuba, Ibaraki, Japan, pp. 25–52, pls. 3–5.

External links

Martin, K. (1914-1915). Die Fauna des Obereocäns von Nanggulan, auf Java. Sammlungen des Geologischen Reichs-Museums in Leiden, Neue Folge. 2(4): 107-222
wanneri Gastropods described in 1914 {{paleo-gastropod-stub