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Turricula sanctistephani

species of molluscs

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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
Text licenseCC BY-SA 4.0
Source revisionMay 20, 2026
Entity authorityQ106172111 ↗
Source-derived summary

Turricula sanctistephani is an extinct species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Clavatulidae.

Distribution

Fossils of this marine species were found in Oligocene strata in Southwest France

References

Lozouet P. (2017). Les Conoidea de l'Oligocène supérieur (Chattien) du bassin de l'Adour (Sud-Ouest de la France). Cossmanniana. 19: 3–180.

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“Turricula sanctistephani” enters the record as species of molluscs. Crown Archives preserves that source wording while asking what Turricula, sanctistephani and species can confirm, complicate or overturn.

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The date and method of observation matter as much as the stated conclusion, especially where classification or consensus has changed. The source revision retrieved here is dated May 20, 2026. The linked authority identifier is Q106172111. None of the 0 selected statements returned an explicit reference. The first chronological checks are 2017.

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This entry incorporates text from “Turricula sanctistephani” on English Wikipedia. Contributors are listed in the page history. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Selected authority identifiers and statements are retrieved from Wikidata under CC0; their references and qualifiers remain part of the verification path.