Turris perarata

Turris perarata is an extinct species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Turridae, the turrids.[1]

Turris perarata
Scientific classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Conoidea
Family: Turridae
Genus: Turris
Species:
T. perarata
Binomial name
Turris perarata
(Tate in Cossmann, 1896)
Synonyms

Pleurotoma perarata Tate in Cossmann, 1896

Distribution

This extinct marine species was found in Eocene strata in Australia

References
  1. MNHN, Paris: Turris perarata
  • Cossmann (M.), 1896 - Essais de Paléoconchologie comparée (2ème livraison), p. 1-179
  • Tucker (J.K.), 1993 - The nomenclatural status of four species of Australian Turridae attributed to Ralph Tate by Maurice Cossmann in the Essais de Paléoconchologie Comparée of 1896. Journal of the Malacological Society of Australia, t. 14, p. 73-76
  • Tucker, J.K. (2004). "Catalog of recent and fossil turrids (Mollusca: Gastropoda)" (PDF). Zootaxa. 682: 1–1295. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.682.1.1.


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