''Turris canaliculata'' is an extinct species of

sea snail Sea snail is a common name for slow-moving marine gastropod molluscs, usually with visible external shells, such as whelk or abalone. They share the taxonomic class Gastropoda with slugs, which are distinguished from snails primarily by the ...

, a marine

gastropod The gastropods (), commonly known as snails and slugs, belong to a large taxonomic class of invertebrates within the phylum Mollusca called Gastropoda (). This class comprises snails and slugs from saltwater, from freshwater, and from land. T ...

mollusk in the family

Turridae Turridae is a taxonomic family name for a number of predatory sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the superfamily Conoidea. MolluscaBase (2018). Turridae H. Adams & A. Adams, 1853 (1838). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Specie ...

, the turrids.WMSDB: Turris canaliculata
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Description

Measurenements of the shell: between 25 mm and 27 mm.

Distribution

Fossils of this marine species were found in Miocene strata in Aquitaine, France..

References

* Benoist É.-A. (1873).- Catalogue synonymique et raisonné des testacés fossiles recueillis dans les faluns miocènes des communes de La Brède et de Saucats.- Actes de la Société Linnéenne de Bordeaux, tome 29, p. 5-78.

External links

* canaliculata Gastropods described in 1873 {{paleo-Turridae-stub