| Turris burroensis | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
| Order: | Neogastropoda |
| Superfamily: | Conoidea |
| Family: | Turridae |
| Genus: | Turris |
| Species: | T. burroensis |
| Binomial name | |
| Turris burroensis R. N. Nelson 1925 | |
Turris burroensis is an extinct species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Turridae, the turrids. [1]
Measurenements of the shell: 13.5 x 5.8 mm.
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Fossils of this marine species were found in Eocene strata in California, USA.
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