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Turris multigyrata

species of gastropod

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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
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Source revisionMay 20, 2026
Entity authorityQ116169505 ↗
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Turris multigyrata is an extinct species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Turridae, the turrids.

Distribution

Fossils of this marine species were found in Eocene strata in the Paris Basin, France.

References

Cossmann M. & Pissarro G. (1904-1913). Iconographie complète des coquilles fossiles de l'Eocène des environs de Paris. Tome 1, Pélécypodes: pls 1-16 [September 1904], pls 17-38 [January 1905], pls 39-45 and Table alphabétique des espèces [October 1906]. Tome 2, Scaphopodes, Gastropodes, Brachiopodes, Céphalopodes & Supplément: pls 1-9 [June 1907], pls 10-25 [March 1910], pls 26-45 [March 1911], pls 46-65, Errata, Table alphabétique des espèces and Addenda [October 1913]. Paris.

H. L. Abbass. 1967. A monograph on the Egyptian Paleocene and Eocene gastropods.

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The public source identifies “Turris multigyrata” as species of gastropod. This brief keeps that definition visible, then builds a research path around Turris, multigyrata and species.

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This entry incorporates text from “Turris multigyrata” 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.