Turris ahmedi

Turris ahmedi is an extinct species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Turridae, the turrids.

Description

Measurements of the shell: 15.0 x 5.0 mm.

Distribution

This extinct marine species was found in Eocene strata in Egypt (48.6 to 40.4 Ma).

References

• H. L. Abbass. 1967. A monograph on the Egyptian Paleocene and Eocene gastropods. United Arab Republic, Geological Survey-Geological Museum, Palaeontological Series, Monograph (4)1-154