Clade Hypsogastropoda Rank Genus | ||
Similar Clavatula, Crassispira, Turrid, Conoidea, Neogastropoda | ||
Ceritoturris is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Horaiclavidae.
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It was previously included within the subfamily Crassispirinae, family Turridae.
Fossils of Ceritoturris fecunda Lozouet, 1999 have been found in Miocene strata of Germany; age range: 15.97 to 11.608 Ma. and late Oligocene strata in the Aquitaine Basin
Description
The minute shell has a blunt protoconch. The second whorl shows a peripheral keel. The seven subsequent whorls are moderately rounded, axially and spirally sculptured. The siphonal canal is almost obsolete.
Species
Species within the genus Ceritoturris include:
References
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