Turris elsmerensis
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Turris elsmerensis is an extinct species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Turridae, the turrids.[https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=414378 Fossilworks: Turris elsmerensis]
Description
Average measurements of the shell: 29.0 x 11.0 mm.
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Distribution
Fossils of this marine species were found in Pliocene strata in California, USA (age range: 5.332 to 3.6 Ma)
References
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- W. A. English. 1914. The Fernando Group near Newhall, California. University of California Publications Bulletin of the Department of Geology 8(8):203-218
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Category:Gastropods described in 1914
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